“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” ~1 Samuel 16:7b
If a man’s work ethic could once be judged by the callouses on his hands, I imagine God can judge a man’s soul by the exterior condition of his heart.
Evidence of suffering, brokeness, sacrifice, love that filled it up only to spill out leaving stretch-heart marks? Laugh lines? Etched names? Love stories written in the skin of it? Callouses of a heart never gave up? Bunions where it stood in faith? Limberness where it has learned to bend to the will of the Father? Tenderness where hurts taught to love better?
What’s on your heart?
Blue Cotton Memory 
What’s on my heart? Um…a lot of pressure from a few tumours…makes it kinda hard to breathe.
But more than that, gratitude that I have the chance, each moment I still live, to be kind.
https://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2017/11/your-dying-spouse-401-face-of-despair.html
Oh, my, the dear man who commented before me…may God help him and send healing and comfort. Makes what is weighing so heavily on my heart seem so trivial. God bless you, sweet friend.
Cheryl, I;m the dude…and thank you so much.