What's in my heart?

Daniel 10, 11
Luke 6

SOAP - What's in my heart?

Scripture
Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Observation
Our words are often a good indication of the state of our heart.

Application
What do we mumble to ourselves when someone makes us mad? Or what about the "words" that are really only thoughts, because we manage to keep silent, but they are still there in our minds? I wish I could say that my thoughts and my words reflect a heart full of good. But in reality more often than not my words and my thoughts reflect a selfish and ungrateful heart. This is one of the hardest things for me to consider, having evil in my heart. I really really don't like the sound of that. The Lord will help me. :-) I think it's important to do what we can to promote good in our hearts by surrounding ourselves with good things, being careful about the music we listen to, the TV we watch, etc. I think that kind of things effects some of us more than others. I know it effects me a lot. I can tell a big difference in the way I react to life if I've been watching TV shows and listening to music filled with drama and bitterness.

Well... I thought I remembered some other good scripture about this, but I can't find it (Philippians 3:8 is great, but I think there is another verse somewhere). And the screen to my laptop just flickered off, and after shaking it a bit, came back on. So, I'm thinking I should wrap this up before it dies again. I've been wanting a new computer, but I was hoping to wait til Christmas. Anyway...

Prayer
Dear Lord. Please fill my heart with your love, so that the thoughts and words that come out of it will be good ones, words to show love to the people in my life. Thank you for the grace you offer us, being willing to make our hearts good even when we don't live the life you've called us to live, even when we try to fill it up with "good" from this world instead of good from you. Help us all to be good to each other Lord, approaching life with a heart of good instead of evil. Amen.