Deep Survival

I've been re-reading a book by Laurence Gonzales titled "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, And Why?" It's a fascinating read, filled with lots of great and amazing stories. As I was reading, I came across this passage:

"The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it's not what in your pack that separates the quick from the dead. It's not even what's in your mind. Corny as it sounds, it's what's in your heart."

Leave it to a scientist to to preface a comment "it's what's in your heart" with "corny as it sounds."

How little faith otherwise intelligent people have. It never ceases to amaze me.

If Mr. Gonzales had great faith, he would realize that the heart is central to life itself. There is nothing corny about the heart. The heart is central to living a life of love. As Proverbs 23:7 says:

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

God wants our hearts to be aligned with His heart. Christianity has become a heartless religion devoid of love, but followers of Jesus know that when their hearts are aligned with His heart, anything is possible - including overcoming the enemy that stalks us on the battlefield.

When it comes to deep survival, it's what's in your heart that matters.

You got that right, Mr. Gonzales!

May our hearts be aligned with His heart.

Agape,
steve