A new heart also will I give you...

The other day I cried... I mean snot-making, drool-draining, mouth-distorting, shoulder-shaking sobs... I cried till I had no more tears left in me... Why? You may ask - Because I'm greedy! and I want more of Him and the best of His!... After the deluge, came the calm ... I knew He'd heard my voice, and now I am waiting for the manifestation of the more, and I know it will come... It then hit me that I was very happy that I cried, that I could STILL cry, because for a while this had not been the case! My heart had become slightly hardened and somewhat blasé about my faith, about life... So in addition to being thankful for the more, I was now also thankful for a heart that is still able to cry out - For a crying heart is not always the mark of a sorrowful heart, but may actually the lifeblood that beats through and preserves the heart that is still tender towards God... So I am grateful Lord for you taking away the heart of stone, and replacing it with a heart of flesh that still beats for You...

Ezekiel 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh...