Heart Test
Hard Heart
1) You don’t feel like talking to anyone
One sure way to tell that your heart is hard is that you just can’t bring yourself to talk to anyone about anything of substance (importance)
2) Everyone’s advice seems bad to you
Have you ever had multiple friends suggest to you the same thing throughout the course of a single day, and yet still find ways to convince yourself it’s a bad idea?
3) You’re unable to love anyone
It’s hard for you to build any sustainable relationship because you're always on defense mode.
4) You can’t get happy for anyone’s success except your own
Bitter envy makes you hate people. Instead of celebrating differences and admiring people, you spend time actively hoping people fail.
5) You don’t feel anything about the stuff you should
This is a scary place to be, this is the place where you are numb and don’t care about anything.
Big-Hearted
1) You put others before yourself
If you have a big heart, you know that the people in your life matter a lot to you. You’d put their happiness above yours any day of the week.
2) You feel sympathy for people you’ve never met
Many people can watch world news and not blink an eye at the state of the world, but each time you hear of someone in pain, you ache for them
3) You feel emotional pain more than others
When you have a big heart, it’s easier to have it broken. You hold on to lost loves for a long time, and you’re scarred by events long after they happen.
4) You're often described as sensitive
People who are less emotional than you, or not as in touch with their feelings, will describe you as sensitive, but when you have a big heart, you can’t help it!
5) You forgive people easily
You don’t see sense in holding grudges where they’re not necessary. You take every apology as meaningful, even if it’s not, because you would never make a half-hearted promise or apology
6) You don’t get angry easily, but when you do, it’s intense
If something or someone angers you, people are going to want to clear out the room. Once you blow up, you let all your emotions fly.
Daily Heart Check
H.E.A.R.T
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. -Proverbs 4:23
H help me
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
-Psalms 139:23-24
E encourage me
Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end.
-Psalms 119:111-112
A anoint me
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
-Psalms 23:5-6
R remove in me
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
-Psalms 51:10
T teach me
I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
-Psalms 119:7