1. Our heart is the part of us that wants – it is our place of longing, ambition and desire.
2. Our choices are largely determined by our heart. Another word for the heart is our will. Our will reflects not only what we think it best for us – perhaps more often then we realise, it reflects our wants and desires.
3. A hearts longing is not treated as right or wrong. It just is. E.g. the child’s desire to reach out and touch a delicate porcelain vase is not unethical (wrong). But acting upon that desire may lead to the vase getting broken. The important question is what was the heart longing? Why did the child want to touch the vase?
4. We will be better off clearly knowing what the longings of our hearts are. (especially considering that our hearts longings might largely determine our choices and actions.)
5. Mature people are able to speak about their heart’s longings.
6. Mature people of faith are able to speak about the Heart of God (the dream of God for all creation) and are also beginning to consider how their heart’s longings relate to the Heart of God.
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