Heart Work
Heart work is not light-work. Change never comes unless we have external pressure forcing us to become. Think about the diamonds and gold on your hand. Diamonds require darkness, pressure, and a lot of time with both elements inside a lump of coal to become the indestructible jewels that we wear. This has always fascinated me at Christmas time when parents declare that children who don't obey will get coal in their stocking. I would always get excited. Had they not paid attention in school? There could be diamonds in there! Such a parallel to the transcendent God and our earthly mindsets. We see a lump of junk. He sees the diamond that grew within that lump. We see a difficult person who deserves no presents. He sees a child in need of the greatest gift. Likewise, gold has to be melted down, dross (the junk) has to be scraped off of the top as it is heated to remove all impurities. This process takes time. The impurities and trash have to come to the surface befo...