Written on the Heart

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:3 NIV

When Paul wrote about God’s New Covenant with mankind, he compared the Ten Commandments written on tablets of stone with God’s new plan—written on tablets of human hearts.

I closely identify with the analogy of tablets of stone. The annihilating impact of narcissism had solidified my heart as I strived to be the wife I believed God desired. I lived the letter of the law rather than discerning the Spirit of the Law (2 Corinthians 3:6). The effort depleted my energy and, with time, hardened my heart.

Acknowledging my desensitized soul allowed God to begin the transformation—restoring it to a heart of flesh. As I yield, I sense His tenderness toward my trauma, and I feel my heart beating to a new rhythm.

As my soul undergoes renovation, friends notice the change in my countenance. Each of their comments provides an opportunity to silently thank God for His grace and to openly acknowledge God’s gift of transformative healing.

Reclaiming a heart of flesh also fulfills one of God’s desires for my life. Paul testified to this when he wrote—we…are being transformed into His likeness, with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18).

Father, thank You for Your ability to transform all areas of my life, including my heart. I realize my heart of flesh came from Your Holy Spirit entering and transforming the hidden and hardened places. Be glorified in this season of my life. In the transformative name of Your Son, Jesus, I pray, amen.

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