Spiritual Heart Surgery

My daddy was seventy years old when he found himself in St. Lukes Hospital in Houston, TX undergoing four bypasses. This was in 1976 when open heart surgery was much most dangerous than it is today. The surgeon performing the open heart surgery was Dr. Denton Cooley, world renowned heart surgeon, who could start a person’s heart after surgery simply by massaging it in his hands rather than using electric shock. The surgery was a complete success and my daddy enjoyed a lot of wonderful years after that thanks to the skillful hands of this physician and the hands of The Great Physician.

I think most of us have hearts that need spiritual surgery.

If God were to open your heart just as Dr. Cooley opened my daddy’s heart , what would He find there? Most of our hearts have been scarred with years of sinful living and secret sins. They have been hardened because of unforgiveness hidden within them. They are cold because we have neglected praying to our Heavenly Father, attending His house of worship regularly and tending to the needy about us.

We need to allow the Great Physician, our Heavenly Father, to take our hearts in His loving hands and gently massage them back into His service. Giving our hearts to the Lord to renew and heal will allow us to live a joyous life in Him.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me” Psalms 51:10 NSV