Heart Knowledge part 1
In my humble opinion there are two kinds of knowledge in this world: Head knowledge and heart knowledge. Book smarts and street smarts. Knowing ABOUT something (or someone) and KNOWING something (or someone). It's the difference between an argument and an experience. And a man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument. Because heart knowledge trumps head knowledge. Every single time. You might "know" something... but when you KNOW it deep down inside, that's when it's real to you. And that's what God is all about. He's not about external laws. It's about internal relationship. He's about that connection that only love can bring. Heart to heart. Spirit to Spirit. Holy to holy. The deep calling out to the deep. The Jesus in me connecting to the Jesus in you. And when THAT connection is made... that's when we can truly know EACH OTHER. Not the surface stuff that we so often get stuck on, but the real stuff. And I know that's scary. Being open and honest can make you feel vulnerable. Nobody likes to feel vulnerable. Because we're afraid if we give someone something they'll use it against us. (Spoiler alert... they just might. But it's worth it anyway.) Look at 1 John 4:18, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." Fear, or worry, or stress, comes from thinking about love in an imperfect way. Loving in order to GET, which is not love at all. True love is not trying to get anything. It is sharing what we've already got. Living out of abundance. Giving people everything we have and everything we are. Letting our best be enough. Knowing in our hearts that we've done what we could do. THAT kind of love casts out all fear because that kind of love works without any expectation. If I love you and you receive it... great. If I love you and you don't receive it... well, at least I did what I could do. And while there IS a very important aspect of wisdom in HOW we love people--because people give and receive love in different ways--the bottom line is that in order to love we have to KNOW and BELIEVE (which, to me, is the DEFINITION of heart knowledge) that we are loved. Because you can't give something you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. If you're filled to overflowing with love, then love comes out naturally. You don't have to try to figure things out. You can just trust your heavenly Father and flow. You can be still and know that He is God. Know that He is love. Because you know that you ARE loved. Because you know that you are LOVE. And then, with that knowledge of love in your heart, what's inside can come out. Naturally.