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I have been drawn to the Sacred Heart a great deal lately. As I was working on the assignment my Spiritual director had given me, I was meditating on the prompt: “Write about the place you call home.” My assignment was to allow the Lord to answer the question.
The words that came to me were “Residing in the Sacred Heart will mean I will never be homeless.” That is where perfect comfort is. That is where full satisfaction is. That is where all necessities can be found.
My Contemplation- The Sacred Heart
His heart is solid and strong. I see wood and iron, laced with gold. Always open, but always locked at the same time. It radiates a feeling of the greatest security, but not in a harsh way. A place where my guard does not have to be up at all. I am free to come and go, spending as much time there as I want.
The Lord stands ready at the door. Ready to let me in and out as many times as my feeble heart desires. He does so without complaint or agitation, but rather with compassionate understanding and love.
Inside is warm and inviting. It is clean and well kept. Not cluttered but not bare either. The Lord invites me to sit and make myself comfortable. I close my eyes and have everything I could ever need or want.
His Loving Heart: A Place For Peace
I am trying to create the habit of placing myself inside His Sacred Heart when I start to feel anxious, worried, or nervous. A place to regain my peace and tranquility. It has become a place to regain my composure, to sort out my thoughts, and let go of hurtful feelings. It is a place where I am completely protected inside and out.
The most important thing I have learned, though, is that I don’t have to have myself completely “together” in order to go there. I don’t have to be at my best in order for Him to let me enter. In fact, it is the perfect place to fall apart.
Just recently I had to make the decision to put my pony to sleep. It was time, and I knew it was time. She had gotten very sick in a very short amount of time, and the treatments for everything going on with her would be counter productive to each other. It took everything I had to keep myself together physically, mentally, and emotionally. I had to make it through work, while keeping a smile on my face for my customers, even though my heart was breaking.
When everything was done, I set myself at the door of His Sacred Heart. He opened it for me, I stepped inside, and completely broke down. Melted to the floor, in a miserable sobbing mess. And that was perfectly alright with Him. In fact, that is what He wanted. He wanted to be the one to comfort and soothe me. It was there that I realized that only He could truly comfort and heal my aching heart.
Thrive in Jesus, My Friends!
How do you regain your peace when you are stressed? Do you have a devotion to the Sacred Heart? What does your place of peace look and feel like?
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