Open Heart

I was sitting in service listening to the sermon and the pastor had said how we need to come to hear the word with an open and willing heart. A lot of times though we get caught up in the mishaps of the week or of the morning even and by the time we get to service we are sitting there reluctant to what is being taught. We are there because we are supposed to be more than we actually want to be.  The pastor told us that we need to pray for an open heart and to make us willing inside. as he said that I thought of how hard that actually is. I mean, if you are upset you don't want to be happy go lucky. You want to stay in your state of anger. That applies in any situation too. At work, school, hanging out with friends or family, or even just chilling by yourself. If we stay in a constant hatred towards things we aren't going to enjoy life very much. The hard part is actually asking for what you don't want. Asking for that open heart, asking to make you willing inside. This is where we need people to help keep us accountable. We need those people to lift us up when we don't want to be. We also need to be that person for others. Time and time again I see and face this problem, but the more we keep our focus on God the less complicated it gets. So by wanting to please Him and having that person to keep you up can help so that you are able to ask God to give you that open heart that you aren't really feeling right now but you know that all in all you long for.