Psalm 28:7, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song."
The heart is a crazy thing. So beautiful our bodies, so perfectly made that this "machine" functions in perfect coordination (Ps. 139:14). We attribute to our heart our feelings. This muscle that's purpose is to function by pumping blood through our veins is the center of emotions. Rightly so, the heart is not to be trusted because it can mislead (Jer. 17:9) without a God check.
AND YET, this muscle that pumps blood can literally hurt in our emotional pain, race in fear, sink in disappointment and leap for joy. I've felt my heart "break" many times in a heap on the floor as I cried. That feeling of when you see your beloved and your heart leaps for joy or the birth of a child and your heart wants to explode with love. Our feelings are real, they are just not always reliable. But David seems to get it, with the Lord as his strength and shield, his heart trusts and is helped.
I love to feel, the whole spectrum, it helps me know I'm real. It is so easy to praise Him and give thanks in song while my heart leaps. I am learning to praise Him in the storm. But I know when my heart trusts in Him that I am helped. And He, my strength and my shield, is worthy of it all.
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