“Stirrings” in my heart. Is it restlessness? Discontent? Anger or frustration about the way things are? Disappointment? Just plain boredom? It could look like any of those things, I suppose. That kind of stirring may very well result in movement or change of some kind. It may even alleviate the unsettled feeling that accompanies a “stirring”. For a little while, anyway. Until I become restless, angry, disappointed or bored with that new thing.
I say, though, that there’s something foundationally different about the kind of stirring that God does in a person’s heart. It still results in movement or change of some kind. And, it’s still quite unsettling. But…but…there’s the element of hope. The knowledge that God has something good, something lasting, at the end of the movement or change. I’ve never been a particularly daring person, nor have I usually been prone to change something for the sake of change. But, here I am, making drastic changes while fast approaching my 60th birthday. And, I can hardly wait…!
Stirrings of the Harts 