MY HEART’S AN EMPTY VESSEL

This is a metaphor, based on Scripture. Each person is a vessel, filled either with himself/herself or God. He is the Potter; we are the clay. He is the Creator; we are the creatures. Without Him, there is no vessel. The outer wall of the vessel is the body; the inner wall, the soul. You can see the body directly and the soul indirectly by what one says, does, and feels. We have a choice as to what to fill the vessel with – the Spirit of God or the spirit of the world and ourselves. This is what we call our heart, that which we hold most dear, that which fills us and informs our mind, will, and emotions. When we “invite Jesus into our hearts,” we are asking Him to fill our vessel with Himself. All that’s the background for this short poem.

My heart’s an empty vessel,
Seeking all that’s True.
There’s not much me within it;
There’s mainly only You.

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