Tell Your Heart to Beat Again


For the past few months, I’ve been in what I call the ‘crazy train roller coaster.' Whenever I start to feel like life’s getting better and the crazy train roller coaster is about to come to a stop, I get hit again. I used to look forward to waking up to see what God has in store for me. Now? I go through my day like I’m on autopilot.



Have you ever felt like you’re just going through the motion of the day?



Yesterday as I was driving home from the grocery store, the song, “Tell Your Heart to Beat Again” by Danny Gokey came on the radio. I listened to the words as the weight of life’s pressures well up. The tears flowed as I tried to blink free from the watery cloud that filled my eyes. I listened as he sang these words. It was as if he had written it for me! 



Tell your heart to beat again
Close your eyes and breathe it in
Let the shadows fall away
Step into the light of grace
Yesterday's a closing door
You don't live there anymore
Say goodbye to where you've been
And tell your heart to beat again



There have been many times throughout my life where I found myself wanting to reopen the closed doors of yesterday. I go through the shoulda, woulda, coulda cycle until it’s got me so dizzy from spinning out that I can’t stand straight. Wanting to reopen those closed doors keep you trapped and unable to move on. It can also keep you blinded to what God wants to do in your life. The enemy would love to keep you where you’re at right now because he really doesn’t care about you. No matter what promises he makes, he won’t keep them. His main goal is to get us as far away from God as possible. His goal is also to derail us from the plans that God has for our lives. The bible says, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10 NKJV) He knows that God has blessings that you can’t fathom waiting for you and he will do everything he can to keep you from receiving all that awaits you.
By the time I pull into my driveway, I am all cried out and now I’m mad! I’m mad at the devil for trying to spin me out again and spew his lies about who I am and my worth. I’m mad because I gave him an inch, but he took a mile. Well, tried to. I began to speak life into my dry bones and in the areas of my life that needed reviving. I sat and listened as the song ended. I began to thank God for hearing my cries. God met me in my truck. He is always there waiting for me to be quiet and to listen to Him. And that’s what we need to do. We need to quiet our hearts and allow God to minister to us. Allow Him to free us from yesterday’s closed doors.



God meets us in the places where we need it. I admit, I never thought it would be while I was driving, but it’s in His timing. There’s still quite a bit of work left to do because I’m a work in progress. We all are. We’re not expected to get it right the first time, but it’s important that we keep going. Keep pressing forward and say goodbye to where you’ve been!



Blessings!


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