Here's what I learned in Sunday School today about murmuring.
The information today was shared by an incredibly talented, yet profoundly humble pediatric cardiologist and his most remarkable wife, who also happens to be a cardiac nurse for adult patients!!
So when a baby is born with a heart murmur, it is called an innocent murmur.
A normal heart beat sounds something like lub-dub, lub-dub.
An innocent murmur in an infant sounds something more like lub-dub, then a blowing noise (emphasis on the noise), then a lub-dub.
There are about six different types of innocent murmurs.
These murmurs are common enough among young children that if you listen to the hearts of 20 pre-schoolers, one-fourth of them will have a heart murmur!
Most innocent heart murmurs in children go away naturally somewhere between the ages of 8 and 10.
Interesting, isn't it, that that age coincides somewhat with the age of accountability?
However, when an adult has a heart murmur it is usually caused by another, underlying problem.
If not treated properly and promptly the effects can be severe enough to cause death.
So there in Sunday School my mind and heart was processing as quickly as it could before someone moved to the next topic, the connection murmuring has with obedience.
Obedience to the Lord.
Obedience to the living prophets.
Obedience to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
And how disobedience is usually the underlying problem I have when it comes to my murmuring.
Disobedience meaning a negative attitude or laziness or being too comfortable or not acting quickly enough or just being plain rebellious.
And how if the underlying cause of my murmuring (aka disobedience) isn't corrected properly and promptly, the effects can be severe enough to cause me death.
Spiritual death. Or in other words, losing my place in the land of promise.
No wonder obedience IS the First Law of Heaven.
Because obedience will do wonders on fixing the murmurs of my heart.
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