Cars come with the best stuff now.  Heated seats, and puncture-proof tires. If you’ve ever driven with ordinary tires, and a nail goes through them you lose all the air in the tire, tire goes flat and stops working properly.  But if a nail goes through a puncture-proof tire, a sealant compound begins to run inside the tire that plugs the hole so that the air cannot escape.

The heart of a child of God is like the puncture-proof tire. An ordinary heart may be filled with love, but when someone does something to puncture that heart, all the love suddenly runs out — with hatred, anger, and hard feelings taking its place.

However, a puncture-proof heart is different; it is filled with the spiritual teachings of Christ (Ephesians 5:18, Romans 15:14, I Corinthians 1:5, Colossians 1:9, II Peter 1:2-3…).  When someone, by their words or actions, punctures that heart, immediately the hole is plugged up tight and love stays in.

Regarding those who puncture the heart, the Scriptures tell us in Romans 12:20-21, “Therefore, if your enemy hungers, feed him; If he thirsts, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good”

Let’s all have puncture-proof hearts!