DETACHED HEARTS
Today's reading:  Isaiah 29-33

"And so the Lord says, These people say they are mine.  They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away.  And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote."  Isaiah 29:13 NLT

You've seen them.  The white coolers.  Maybe it's been in a movie, or while you were in a hospital, but you've seen them.  White coolers labeled with a bright red Red Cross cross and the words, 'Human Organ for Transplant' across the front. 

They are usually being held oh, so carefully in the laps or arms of trained professionals.

Except for the ones left outside the door of our churches on Sunday mornings.

The hearts that are as far away from their owners as they could possibly be.  The hearts that are detached from the worship service.  The hearts that are currently on loan to other thoughts, fears, worries or doubts.  The distracted hearts awaiting their 'bodies' to finish up on Sunday so they can be reunited for service.  The hearts given to other diversions, attractions--gods.

Is that accurate?  

One can only answer on a personal level.

Is your heart where it should be when you gather in the Lord's house--regardless of the day of the week?

Is your heart attached to the life-giving Vine?

Is your worship beginning in and including your heart, not just what you're reading on the screen or have memorized as a child or know to be the correct church responses and behavior?

I've got a lot to think about in regards to where my heart might be as I prepare for Sunday's worship.  Will I take it with me into His presence or leave it in the white cooler outside the door?