As I sit inside my house gazing outside, I think of my heart
It’s messy and there are so many things to unpack,
I don’t even know where to start
As I ponder where to begin,
I feel someone knocking and standing at the door of my heart
I open the door just a little
and look at the stranger standing there
He smiles happily and when He does, I can’t help but smile back

He asks, “May I come in?”
I nod my head and step aside
He steps into my heart and looks around—
At all the boxes, all the mess
But instead of criticizing me,
He looks at me kindly and offers, “May I help?”

I nod timidly,
remembering the last time I let someone into my heart
They left my entire home messy and dirty
But He seems different than all those people

He slowly begins to clean around my heart,
Telling me to forget this and forgive that
He patiently teaches and guides me on how to keep my heart clean

While He’s talking to me,
He’s picking up boxes and throwing them out
He’s unpacking some, too
As He works I can’t help but think,
“He’s different; He seems kind, and He’s slowly cleaning up my heart”


He patches the holes in my heart with tender care
He removes my sin with correction and kindness
He sweeps the dirty parts of my heart with compassion
He corrects me in ways I need to be corrected
He’s healing me where I need healing
He’s tearing down the walls that I’ve put up

And all the while He is teaching and loving on me
I know He’s different from the others I have let enter my heart
He doesn’t leave it a mess, but is slowly cleaning it out
Correcting and loving me
Teaching and caring for me

Finally He finishes
He stands up tall and gazes at me
I look around my heart; it seems empty now
All the walls have been torn down
The floor is polished
My broken home is now fixed
He smiles at me, comes over and embraces me
I breathe in deep,
Knowing my home may look empty, but day by day,
If I follow Him and His commandments,
My heart will be full of Him

He smiles at me and I timidly ask,
“Will You come and live in my heart?”


He nods His head and instantly
My heart no longer feels empty
It feels full

F u l l of the lesson He taught me
F u l l of the joy He gave me
F u l l of the love He showed me
F u l l of Him

As we sit together in my heart,
He continues to teach and love me
And He always will

I will always remember
When He first entered my broken home and fixed it up
He will always be there to fix it,
As long as He is in my heart

My heart has a HEALER
My home has a BUILDER
His name is JESUS