Heart Matters

Pro 4:23 "Above all else, guard your hearts, for it is the well spring of life."

Most of us take our biological hearts for granted. We don't even think about it, until it gives us some problems.

For 14-year-old Tee Hui Yi, who have had two organ donors since Oct 4, she is told that the only way her new heart doesn't die on her is to keep taking immuno-suppresants all her life. If she misses her does, her body could start rejecting the organ. But that's a small price to pay to stay alive.

When first regaining consciousness, Hui Yi, had only one word to describe her condition. Painful.

Our hearts (no pun intended) go out to her for the pain she has had to endure to stay alive.
When she underwent surgery to receive a 15-year-old body's organ after he died, everyone had their hopes high. Imagine the pain of having your chest cut open and the trauma of a heart-replacement surgery! only to be told that your new heart is not working after they sewed you up.

Thankfully, the next day, although NOT so for the 20-year-old mechanic who died in a road accident, she received the poor fella's heart. But that meant being cut up all over again. Can you imaine the pain? No wonder Hui Yi's first words were "painful."

And going through all that? Just to stay alive.

How many of us neglect not just our biological heart, but our spiritual heart. And when it breaks down through years of neglect, or like in Hui Yi's case, one of malfunction arising from some disorder, we suddenly become aware of our heart beating. Whichever, neglect, sin, or some genetic disorder - our heart matters.

What does it matter? It sure does. When your heart stops beating. Everything else stops. Your world ends. Game over.