Open Hearts

Have you ever felt "used" by someone you thought genuinely cared about you? Perhaps it was someone who vowed to love you no matter what, only to walk away when the relationship got hard. Or it was a boss, who professed to value you as a person, yet only ever seemed to take advantage of your enthusiasm. Maybe it was a child or friend, who only ever seemed to care when they wanted or needed something. It is painful to open your heart to someone, only to realize that their heart isn't really open to you. Yet, what if that's precisely how we sometimes treat God? What would it mean for us to genuinely love God, to actually live with open hearts to God?