My precious granddaughter Brinkley is enthralled with her new Password Journal. She 
worked to earn money after seeing this item at Toys R Us and instantly realizing she just had to have it. For those who don’t know, a Password Journal is a small plastic box housing a secret journal, pens, hidden drawers and other fun stuff. The only way to access what’s inside is to speak the proper password. The built in voice recognition program can discern your voice from all others and opens only for the one who actually recorded the password.
Brinkley has had the journal for about a week and has already worn out multiple batteries, written several pages of secret thoughts, and changed the password at least six hundred times. It has become a very familiar site – this little dark haired seven year old huddled in a corner speaking to a plastic box.
What’s the password to your stash of secret thoughts? I hope its Jesus.
We all harbor hidden dreams and thoughts, shames and disappointments, tears and fears. We all have things buried deep inside that often hold us back from reaching our full potential. Things we think no one could possibly know and still love us. Things we think define the real us that we can’t share. But some secrets can lead to an unhealthy heart, one that becomes diseased beyond repair if we aren’t careful.
The first step to heart health is letting the Great Physician in with his bag of treatment tools – forgiveness, compassion, empathy, encouragement, grace, and most effective – love, the miracle cure. He’s standing ready but He won’t force entry. You need to call out His name. He is the creator of voice recognition programs, by the way. He knows exactly who’s calling at any given time.
If you’re afraid to let Him see what’s inside because you think it’s too awful to share, let me give you a tip. He already knows. If you’re holding it in because you can’t believe He could love you in spite of the ugliness – get over it because He already does.
Go huddle in a corner, speak His name and let the door to your heart open for the One who knows everything bad about your life so far and knows everything good about your life going forward. There are no secrets He hasn’t already made a plan for you to move beyond.
One caution here – don’t be changing your password!
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
