What If I Told You We All Have A Heart Condition?

     In class, we learned about the heart and how it is our command center. This lead me to read the following article , which tells us that we all have heart conditions. Our heart condition depends on the things that we allow into our heart's, so if the wrong things get into our heart they become deeply rooted in us and hard to deal with. As Christians we need to learn how to guard our hearts, so in turn we have to be constantly work with the Holy Spirit in order to keep our heart's safe.

   As future Professional Counselor's and Marriage and Family Therapist this relates to us because we also need to guard our hearts. We also need to realize that we can not guard our client's hearts for them because in Proverb 4:23 it says that you need to guard your heart. So, our client's are in charge of guarding their own hearts and all we can do is guide them in the right direction to achieve that. As LPC's and MFT's we need to guard our hearts, take care of our emotions, mediate, and take care of ourselves; so that we do not become impaired counselors and wound others.

     This relates to me because in certain relationships in my life I choose not to guard my heart and just trust that I would not get hurt. I was wrong for doing that because I let in the wrong things and it deeply imbedded in me to where all the relationships I'd seek after that suffered. Letting the wrong things into your heart and not guarding your heard does more harm then good believe me when I say that. Now that I have gotten all of the deeply imbedded wrongs out of my heart am I able to guard it with God's help. As a future LPC I will continue to guard my heart and teach my clients how they can guard their own hearts as well; so that they will not be weighted down with worries. I will leave you off with these verses Matthew 5:8 God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God and Luke 21:34 Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware.

Is There Recognition In Heaven?

I read an article about if there will be personal recognition in heaven. In our 507 class we had talked about if there would be personal identity after death and this article agrees with that. Since we are all created in the image of God and God is not a physical being; then in spirit we pass on from one mode of existence to another. So the spirit is just as capable for recognition as before with we were in our bodies. Also our spirits will be enhanced after death because we won't have our physical bodies holding us back.

How does this all related to counseling?

This article relates to counseling because in order to know who we are and to prepare ourselves for heaven, we need to know about our own personal identity. What that means is that we need to prepare ourselves spiritually, physically, and mentally to help those who may need our guidance and to make us stronger counselors. We as christian counselors need to prepare our spiritual wellness by having a good relationship with God; by being engaged in religious and spiritual activities such as mediation, prayer, and worship which will as help our physical and emotional health as well. We also need to be aware of our feelings and how we express them to those we counsel because they maybe grieving or going through a hard time. All of this will help us to prepare our body, mind, and soul.


How does this relate to me as you may be asking right now?

I believe that our spirits leave our bodies after death and that once our spirits leave our bodies we have enhanced abilities. What those enhanced abilities are I am not sure of yet and probably won't know until I go to heaven. But I know when I do go to heaven I will be there with those whom I loved that have passed away and I know that I will be able to recognize them there.All I can do now is prepare myself for that day by prayer, mediation, worship, keeping up my emotional health, staying healthy, and by treating others like Jesus would do. With my counseling side I will prepare by helping all of whom I can to accomplish their goals, to move on, to heal, to forgive, or to repent whatever it is that is bothering them.