Hello My Old Heart and All of Me

Walls. We all have them. We all build them.

They may be
                    Strong, vine-covered fortresses meant to keep out flaming arrows
Or              
         Invisible force fields, repelling anyone who comes too close

They may be
                    Canvas screens painted to suit whoever is on the outside looking in
Or               
         Facades that shift and change with every scene

Walls divide, enclose, protect.

Walls are not always bad. Sometimes they may even be necessary.

But I wonder...in trying to protect ourselves, how often do we end up constructing our own prisons? How often do we, in an effort to preserve our hearts, actually stop them from beating?

We have the choice every day to keep our hearts behind closed doors or to release them into the wide open spaces. Hello My Old Heart by the Oh Hellos and All of Me by Matt Hammitt explore each of these choices.

The first describes what happens when we choose to shut our hearts away, to keep them safe, building walls of protection around them. The other explores what it means to deliberately break down those walls.  One heart is safe, dying a slow death. The other opens itself to pain, embracing life.

I hope you take the time to check out these two links!

http://theohhellos.com/track/hello-my-old-heart-2


http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=FFF1FJNU


I also gotta mention Glass Houses by Red! Great song by a great band!

                                                                         "...build a wall, invite a burglar." Proverbs 17:19