Spiritual heart transplant – Max Lucado

A few years ago I contacted Max Lucado to ask his permission to translate his daily devotionals from MaxLucado.com. He was quite happy about it and he wrote back:

“It is a wonderful honor to be a part of this valuable website. God loves all the people of Romania . It is my prayer that every single person of this great nation discovers the love of God and the gift of Jesus Christ. Thank you for allowing me to share a word and, Lord willing, lift a heart.” Max Lucado.

I was overwhelmed by the fact that Max Lucado wrote to a kid like me. Wonderful. Speechless.

I’ve created a blog, Max Lucado Romania, where we translated some of his devotionals. We stopped for a while but we started again a few weeks ago. He’s playing with the words and illustrates deep Biblical truths in a way that fascinates me. He used an interesting illustration in his book, Grace – More than we deserve, Greater than we imagine, that I would like to share here.

When grace happens, we receive not a nice compliment from God but a new heart. Give your heart to Christ, and he returns the favor. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you (Ezek. 36:26).

You might call it a spiritual heart transplant.

Tara Storch understands this miracle as much as anyone can. In the spring of 2010 a skiing accident took the life of her thirteen-year-old daughter, Taylor. What followed for Tara and her husband, Todd, was every parent’s worst nightmare:

Accidente în viaţă?

Un cowboy a vrut să-şi facă asigurare de sănătate. Ajungând la o anumită agenţie, acesta a abordat un agent de asigurări. Agentul l-a întrebat dacă a avut vre-un accident în ultimul an. Cowboy-ul a răspuns, „Nu, însă am fost muşcat de un şarpe cu clopoţei, iar un cal m-a lovit în coaste. Asta m-a pus la pat pentru o vreme”. „Păi, n-au fost astea accidente?” „Nu” a