Stubborn and hard-hearted

After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts… (Mark 3:5)

Those words hit me hard today.

And it just made me wonder, “How often does Jesus grieve at the hardness of my heart?

“How often does he grieve because I’m too stubborn to change my mind, even when I know I’m wrong?

“How often does he grieve because I forget how much he truly cares for the people he’s placed around me?

“How often does he grieve because my heart is so hard, I can’t see what God is trying to do to touch those people?”

What can be done
For an old heart like mine?

Soften it up
With oil and wine

The oil is You, Your Spirit of love
Please wash me anew in the wine of Your blood — Keith Green