Out of the Abundance of the Heart

Hi and Blessings to you in the name 0f our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The other night while driving home from work I asked the LORD about the difference between the mind and the heart. I wanted to know because scripture does make distinction between the two but I wanted a clear distinction in my own heart and mind. After getting still the LORD began to speak and as usual HE does this instant download of information. What became clear to me is the following.
The mind is our thoughts and thinking processes. Things that can change, things that are always in flux and sometimes very convoluted. In fact have you ever stood back and said why did I think that? To do that, to disagree with a thought means you are NOT your thoughts. At times your thoughts can be out of control and there is much that can control your thoughts.
It is the Heart that is the True you, the place as Christians we need to live out of but it also needs work too. You see the Heart is the core of your being, not Spirit but being, what your core beliefs and things you truly believe about GOD, yourself, the world around you. Most of which was written there by other people and their skewed and damaged views. Deep with in you is your Born Again Spirit and it tells you who you are and deep with in you know this but life deals us many scars that thicken the tympanic membrane of our heart's ear to hear the Spirit. Thus we have a problem. Jesus said " Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" and as the LORD revealed to me it is usually when push comes to shove or the bottom drops out that we realize what we believe by our actions. Do we turn to the LORD and seek and Trust HIM or do we run to the world? In whom do we Trust? This is most important for if our knowledge of GOD is only head then in crisis when the mind goes out the window all we are left with is our core beliefs, the foundation of what we truly believe and this can make or break us.
In scripture it says renew your minds with the Word of GOD. We read and re-establish a thought process geared toward GOD as we reconstruct our thinking process to see through GOD's Truth. The Heart is not renewed by the written Word but by experiencing GOD, meditating, listening, stillness, silence. It is healed by experiencing GOD and communing with HIM and having HIM tell you with Words that Heal, who you are to HIM. In Proverbs it says "Guard your heart for out of it flow the issues of Life" the heart is how we react and act in this world and the direction we take our life in this world. This is why we must not only read and know GOD's word but commune with the LIVING WORD of GOD. We are addressing two different aspects of our humanity-the mind and the heart!
I will delve deeper into this in another article about Rewriting the Tablet of Your Heart but suffice to say you have CHRIST in you and HE is calling you to hear HIM. You have the written word to establish a foundation of Truth and parameters to operate in. In Christ Alone you have everything already...Be still and call unto HIM and HE will show you great and mighty things.
Blessings to you and let me know how your walk is going JB