Cracked Hearts

Landon asked me yesterday afternoon why the heart on his shirt was cracked.  After telling him a couple of times (because he forgot) that it meant he was a heartbreaker and good looking, he said, "Yeah, but I don't listen all the time."  Then, that made me think of the sermon in church this past Sunday.  Our preacher is doing a series of 10 sermons on "relationships."  This past Sunday's sermon was on our relationship with our tongue.  He pointed out a well-known fact; once you say something negative to someone, they may forgive, but they're never going to forget.  It's true.  You can say something positive to someone and they'll forget it by tomorrow, but let something mean or hurtful slip out and they'll remember it 20 years from now.  The preacher explained how you have to constantly have your heart full of love (and the Spirit) so that there's no room for that negative tongue to lash out.  It's hard because we are all human, and like Landon so simply stated, "We don't listen all the time."