This week I’ve noticed hardness creeping in. And the reason I’ve noticed is because of two different talks I’ve heard. Both have reminded me to long for Christ and I was reminded of Don’t Let Your Heart Be Hardened by Petra from This Means War (1987).

Don’t let your heart be hardened,
Don’t let your love grow cold,
May it always stay so childlike,
May it never grow too old,
Don’t let your heart be hardened,
May you always know the cure,
Keep it broken before Jesus,
Keep it thankful, meek, and pure.

May it always feel compassion,
May it beat as one with God’s,
May it never be contrary,
May it never be at odds,
May it always be forgiving,
May it never know conceit,
May it always be encouraged,
May it never know defeat,

May your heart be always open,
Never satisfied with right,
May your heat be filled with courage,
And be strengthened with all might,

Let His love rain down upon you,
Breaking up your fallow ground,
Let it loosen all the binding,
Till only tenderness is found.

I’ve noticed that songs are becoming stale. I’ve heard them so much. But instead of filling me with thankfulness and joy, they often don’t make me think and wonder at all. And this amazing song was one that became stale. The words stopped speaking to me. Don’t let that happen.

After I realised my heart was hardening I thought of the cure, thankfulness, meekness and purity. I’m reminding myself why I’m thankful, who is in control and how I should live to honour God.

Don’t Let Your Heart Be Hardened – Petra