We pray. We think. We ‘heart’ (again, seeking the right verb). We talk. We do. This is a simple (not in the manner of being "easy", but simple as in not being complicated) method of building the church.
It was suggested that the word I am looking for in “we ‘heart’” is “we feel”. My answer is “Yes, but…” Yes, but “feel”, pardon the punning, feels nowhere nearly enough to speak of the depth of the heart's capacities.
Please follow me through what may seem an odd if not absurd example. Bruce Lee was (and may still be) the most well known martial artist in the world. There is a story that comes out about him. He was told something along the lines of fearing the man who knows how to do 10,000 kicks. Lots of technique, flair, whatever. Bruce Lee’s reply was the man to fear was the one who’d practiced one kick 10,000 times. In so doing, it was become something of great power within him. It has become muscle memory, body sense, instinct, internalized, whatever descriptor we would like to use.
For the martial artist, it is at the deepest sense of themselves, at the heart sense, something sunk into the soul. It is how they will respond with great power and energy. in this example, for the martial artist, it is a kick. For an expert in any field, it is this knowledge and ability that, by practice and discipline, is at the center of their being. Could be a physical activity, a method of accomplishing something, a field of knowledge. For the Christian, it ought to be our understanding of the Lord. There is our center, there is our power.
Sure, we feel it, but it is far more. When something is ‘hearted’, it is not that we can do something without thinking, but that we can do something faster than thinking. We can come to a place where we respond with the love and peace of Christ without even thinking about it, because that is who we have become in Christ Jesus.
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