Christ's Heart ❤️

The Four chambers of Christ's heart

In constant flow of nourishment.

The breadth! The depth! The height!

The length- Love pulses with encouragement!

"Paul, in a prayer for spiritual strength, prayed that we might understand the breadth, the length, the depth and the height of God’s love." He mentioned four dimensions- like the four chambers of a heart. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 

 Ephesians 3:14-20

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,15 from whom ^wevery family³ in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to ^xthe riches of his glory ^yhe may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit ^zin your inner being, 17 ^aso that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being ^brooted and ^cgrounded in love, 18 may have strength to ^dcomprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and ^eheight and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ ^fthat surpasses knowledge, that ^gyou may be filled with all ^hthe fullness of God.

20 ⁱNow to ^jhim who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, ^kaccording to the power at work within us, 21 ^lto him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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BREADTH

 God’s love is broad, embracing everyone, regardless of the boxes we check for ourselves.   

2 Nephi 26:33 

33 For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile

Isaiah 53:6 

The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

LENGTH

Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles once taught, “The scriptures speak of His arms being open, extended, stretched out and encircling. They are described as mighty and holy, arms of mercy, arms of safety, arms of love, ‘lengthened out all the day long’ (2 Nephi 28:32).”

In his October 2022 general conference address, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles poignantly proclaimed, “It is one of the most powerful paradoxes of the Crucifixion that the arms of the Savior were stretched wide open and then nailed there, unwittingly but accurately portraying that every man, woman and child in the entire human family is not only welcome but invited into His redeeming, exalting embrace.”

Allis-Pike explained that Jesus Christ can be represented by a mother bird in His role as “creator of this earth,” His “desire to protect his young” (those who become His children through covenant), His willingness to “[use] his body to shield his beloved ‘children’ from endless death and hell,” and His “proactive care in the nurture of his ‘children.’”10

 DEPTH  and HEIGHT 

"God’s love is allreaching. It descends to the depths of human need. There is hope for all men in Christ. Regardless of the shameful depths to which men may have descended, God’s love can reach and transform them.'

Doctrine and Covenants 88:6

Jesus (1) descended below all things, that (2) he might ascend above all things

Finally, the heights of God’s love. God can raise men from a horrible pit to a heavenly place 

Psalm 40:2

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

    out of the mud and mire;

he set my feet on a rock

    and gave me a firm place to stand

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the rubbish heap; He sets him with princes and makes them inherit a throne of glory.