HE'S A SLICK OLD DEVIL

Been thinking a lot in my Bible studies of late about the Scriptures that indicate that God has hardened someone's heart. My question has always been – why and how does God harden someone's heart – or – does He really do that? Could it possibly be that God does not actually harden someone's heart but rather that we, through our own actions, allow our hearts to become  hardened. 

We have set back on our hands and allowed God to be banished from our schools. There was a time, not so long ago, when sporting events at schools started with a prayer – not so anymore. 

We have allowed  the Ten Commandments to be removed from public view in most all places.

We have become accepting of movies and TV shows that portray sex, drugs and violence as the normal everyday way of living. We have come to accept - and listen to - language that your grandmother would have washed your mouth out with lye soap if you had dared to use it in front of her.

We have allowed these things to harden our hearts. God has not hardened our hearts rather we have, by our acceptance of these things, hardened our own hearts.

Perhaps it is time we allowed God not only back in our schools, but back in our way of thinking, our way of talking and our way of acting.

Maybe grandma needs to get the lye soap out and start washing out mouths!!!!!