Heartbeat

Open Mic: Heart Beat

So I was lying in bed the other day, very relaxed which does not happen very often but in the silence of me just lying there, I heard something. Ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum…. And this continued. It was neat to be able to hear that noise. That noise is life. That is the noise that God gave us to live a happy life. They say a normal heart beats per minute is between 50 and 100. I have no idea what mine is right now, but when we are not in the ‘normal’ amount of beats it is a bad thing.

I beg to differ! Not saying that doctors are wrong, but symbolically (key word there) maybe they are. I mean think about it, what is normal? That is a whole other Open Mic, but we are Christian. We are not normal, nor do I think we should ever be satisfied with being normal. Jesus himself was not normal. He did not hang out with normal people. Therefore, in my thinking, I am fine without being normal. That being said let us take a look at two ways we can be not normal in regards to our heart beats.

First, it is said that the ‘normal’ heart beats per minute is 50-100, and I would say that we probably all fall pretty close to that. Let me tell you story. When my lung collapsed for the second time in August while in the Hospital I set off all the alarms that were connected to me. I had about four nurses all running in my room. They all woke me and were all scared. I had no idea why. Apparently, my heart beat per minute dropped dramatically from around 66 to 30. That is not ‘normal.’ Why do I share this with you? If you have ever had a spontaneous pneumo-thorax (lung collapse) you know that they do not let you sleep because the nurse have to check your vitals and see how your lungs are sounding every hour. Clearly that is hard to fall asleep with. Well when my heart beat dropped was the one time I actually fell asleep. I was relaxed and in peace. I was content. Think about that, I was not normal when I was relaxed, when I was in peace, when I was content. Therefore being content is not normal in regards to heart beats and life. Philippians 4:11 has Paul saying that he learned to be content. We are meant to be content with our lives. We live these busy lives that we barely get to relax for even a minute. That is what has become normal. Why don’t you become not-normal and be content and relax and be peaceful. Philippians goes on to say that we know that God will provide for us and that is why we can be content. So in this regard be content and be not-normal.

Secondly, there is this thing called an Arrhythmia that is not a normal thing. This simply means that you have an irregular heartbeat. In other words, not a normal heart beat. Once again we see what is normal and what is not. What causes an arrhythmia? There are few things that cause one including, coronary artery disease, electrolyte imbalance in your blood, changes in your heart muscle, injury form a heart attack, and healing process after heart surgery. Can you re-read that last one please! Healing after Heart Surgery.

I don’t know about you, but maybe an Arrhythmia is a good thing. I mean we already know that it is not normal, but it comes after heart surgery. I have been asking God to fix my heart for ages. I want to love like he does. I want to care like he does. It is something that deals with our hearts. When God performs heart surgery on us, we should have an arrhythmia. Once again we should not be normal. After God performs the surgery on our hearts, we will be forever changed. We can longer be the same person, because our heart is not the same. Our hearts will start to sing, shout, skip, dance, all the while being undignified. I do not believe this is what our heartbeat looks like after we have God’s surgery, ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum, but rather what if it was ba-bum, ba-bum, skip, ba-bum, ba-bum, singing…. You get the picture? When God transforms our hearts we have an arrhythmia. Our hearts sound different because they are different. Our hearts start to skip and our hearts start to sing. We know that God wants our hearts so he can work his miracles. 1 Samuel 16:7 says it best “Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord on the heart.”

It is your choice to be normal, or not normal. I think the correct term for not-normal is special. You are a child of God and you are special. What is normal? I don’t really care because I want to be not-normal and live for God fully. I want to be content and I want my heart to be transformed and have it understand REAL love. Place your right hand over your heart. What do you feel? Is it a normal heart beat? God is always ready for surgery, make your heart sing, be joyous, be content.