Keeping a soft heart
These days, it will become easier for people to harden their hearts just to survive. But as Christians, we are called to keep a soft heart. When it comes to hardening our hearts, here is a typical cycle of how it usually happens: Self-protect Hard heart Love grows cold When we build a hard protective layer around ourselves, our hearts, to self-protect (no one likes to be hurt), it may feel like we've "won." But therein lies the deception. That self-protection leads to a hard heart. And everything issues from the heart. Our relationship with God, first and foremost. But after that, our relationships with everyone else, including ourselves. And a hard heart can only to lead to less love. Jesus warns of this in Matthew 24 - that the love of many will grow cold. He even says how it will happen. The increasing lawlessness around us, and just the disintigration of a healthy society, these will lead to less love if we're not careful. But