For all of June and part of July, I was prescribed to wear a heart monitor. (I had been seeing a neurologist for blackouts, and they requested that I see a cardiologist. She didn't see anything that concerned her, from a cardiology standpoint, yet prescribed that I wear a heart monitor for 30 days just to be sure.) It was about... a week into my heart monitoring that I had a breakthrough with it, spiritually and emotionally. This is a clipping out of my journal from that day:
“Everything is beautiful even when the tears are falling I don’t need a miracle to believe Even in the crashing down I can hear redemption calling and everything is beautiful to me” --Starfield
My Heart Monitor...
Every time I feel my monitor, or remember it, I will look down at the screen and see my heart rate. And just by seeing that, it makes me thankful to see numbers. Thankful to be able to see at all. Then to be able to read numbers. Then to have a heart rate to record. Then to have a family who can afford medical treatment. Thankful to be able to see a cardiologist, who can request that I have this monitor. Thankful for the ability to have the monitor. Thankful for the pants to attach it to, and the electrodes to attach to the monitor. And then I remember that to have that heart rate, I have to have energy. So I become thankful for the food I eat, the hands that prepare it, the water that I drink, the home that I live in, the ability to have running water, when I need it. And I could go on forever, so just by looking at this little monitor, Jesus totally speaks to me. And He grants me a peace, as I become grateful, because I stop worrying. You aren't concerned about whether in 2 minutes your heart will still be beating, because you become thankful that it ever beat in the first place. You become thankful that Jesus' heart beat, so that He could live and live the perfect example, then take the cross, let His Heart stop, but then come back and restart. You become thankful that your heart is beating at this moment. I am grateful that your heart is beating to be able to read this. And as I write this, I am grateful that my heart is beating at 80 beats per minute! Just stop and think about that for a minute. That is incredible. My heart can beat 80 times in a minute. In fact, it takes less than a minute for my blood to travel through my heart, all around my body, and back to my heart. And to add to that, I have approximately 80,000 miles of blood vessels in my body! That is totally mind-boggling!! I become thankful that my body is so amazing, that my heart can beat at 80 beats per minute, and I become even more thankful that I have a God who is the most incredible Creator, and could think of such beautiful creations. I'm thankful for such a Beautiful God-who has such an amazing, Holy, and Perfect Heart, full of mercy and love. And as I’ve become thankful, I’ve come to better know and love Jesus, as Savior and Best Friend.
What will it take for you to become thankful?
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