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“Bless their heart”
I love the “South” and the sayings that are ingrained in southern culture. It’s like a secret inside speak, or a code language that transcends ethnicity, politics, or economic status. The cryptic sayings of southern people can be misleading unless interpreted. For example, the most famous of them is “bless their heart.” This saying sounds very genuine, and in most cases it is, but the translation may vary depending on the individual it is spoken about. Basically “bless their heart” means a person is beyond help, they will either learn the hard way, or not at all. In this situation the best one can do for them is to ask God to “bless their heart.”
In Revelation 16 the Lord is revealing to the Apostle John a very serious “bless their heart” situation. The believers in Christ have been “harvested” from the Earth. The final wrath of GOD is being poured out upon those whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. It is a very sad scene and beyond imagination. All attempts to rescue these people from wrath have been exhausted. God demonstrated His love for everyone by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this passage those that are left are the ones who have refused to receive the free gift of God’s grace, pardon, and release from sin. The only thing left that might persuade them to repent is the final cataclysmic events in chapter 16.
Two times it sadly states that those who are left behind, who are experiencing tremendous suffering, “refused to repent.” Instead of glorifying God who had control over the plagues, three times the passage states they “cursed the God of Heaven.”
Is it possible to refuse all attempts by God to rescue us from this final day? Yes. God will allow us to live in total rebellion without Him but there is a huge price attached to that rebellion. Romans 1:18-32 outlines the basic steps people take to becoming so hard-hearted that they can no longer see, nor hear God.
If you can say today that you love Jesus, understand His Word, and desire to see His return, then thank God that you do. It is a special gift! Or as we say in the south “better than I deserve.” The rest who have not accepted God’s offer of peace, need a genuine “bless their hearts!”

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