The Tongue, Heart, Mind Connection

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Did you know there is a physical and spiritual connection between 3 major topics found in the Bible? The 3 topics I am referring to are the heart (spirit), tongue (words), and mind (brain). I came across this after my baby son had open heart surgery. My son developed airway issues post-operative and the cause was due to trauma of his Left and Right Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves. These are the nerves that service the left and right vocal cords. The trauma paralyzed both of my son’s vocal cords causing many trips to the ER for the next couple years of his life until his airway grew larger. Confused about how an incision in the chest could cause vocal cord paralysis, I did some research. To my surprise I found that the nerves for the vocal cords don’t run upward toward the brain or prone to the spine, but downward. If you look at the picture you will see both nerves run down from the larynx and wrap around two major vessels, the Left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve wraps around the Aortic Arch off the top of the heart and the Right Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve wraps around the Right Subclavian Artery. After they wrap around the major arteries they join up with the Right and Left Vagus Nerves respectfully. The Vagus nerves don’t run to the spine, but they are the longest cranial nerves in the human body. What is the significance of this mapping of the nerves I just described? The Lord pointed out to me a spiritual truth with the information I just laid out. In Luke 6:45 the Bible tells us that out of the abundance of heart the mouth speaks. The nerves from our vocal cords run downward to interact with our heart (origin of our spirit). Out of the abundance of our heart our vocal cords will respond. Of course there is a direct connection with our minds (brain) as well. In Proverbs 23:7 the Bible tells us that as a man thinks (mind, brain) in his heart (spirit) so is he. This is where the Vagus nerves come into play because they give our vocal cords (words) and heart (spirit) direct access to the brain (mind). This is powerful because God proves a spiritual truth through physical life. My advice is that we need to choose life in our words, in our hearts, and in our thoughts, this is the key to mental health and well being.l design. Meditate on this and understand that our words can affect our heart and mind; our heart can affect our words and mind; our mind can affect our words and heart. Deuteronomy 30:19 tells us to choose life. My advice is that we need to choose life in our words, in our hearts, and in our thoughts, this is the key to mental health and well being