Soften your Heart

A few years ago I played rugby with a guy that could be described as one of life hard men. The way he was on the rugby field was imitating and aggressive. Not a match went by where he wasn't either winding the opponents up or fighting with them. Even the hardest of opponents would usually come of second best when he was on the field.

After the game you would often find him propping up the bar and chatting to the opposition about the game, and laughing about things that had gone before.

I remember once after a game he was in the club house and his wife turned up with his young daughter. Suddenly we saw a different side to this hard man as he picked up the little girl and gently gave her a kiss and sat her on his lap.

I guess you could say that he was transformed from the brutal player on the pitch, Aggressive and angry, to a calm loving father and the difference was visible.

Now I have been In some ways like that and maybe what you've seen on the outside is maybe not the real story. Ive even upset people through my trying to be thick skinned. Some would have also said I was a tuff nut to crack.

But at some point you have to look around you and be open to change. You have to be ready to except that the only way to be is how God wants you to be. Not different on the outside to what you feel inside but true to what you feel.

You know sometimes I struggle with being who I really am and still cant be completely open to people around me. a tuff exterior is sometime tuff to shake off. But what I am finding is that with God I come to realise that his plan for me is much greater than my ideas, and by being open and true to what you really believe is sometimes hard but the best way to live.

What we need is to soften our hearts to be open to change and open to God.