Hardness of heart in the Bible can be caused by sin, rejecting God, disappointment and unforgiveness to name a few. Proverbs 28:14 warns that, “He who hardens his heart will fall into calamity” (NKJV). This was certainly the case for the children of Israel who hardened their hearts against God many times throughout the whole of the Old Testament. The writer of Hebrews refers to this in Heb 3:15 when he quotes Psalm 95:8, “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion” (NKJV). We are told that the disciples suffered from “hardness of heart” (Mark 6:52). The Amplified Bible explains that term saying that “their hearts had grown calloused (had become dull and had lost the power of understanding)”. Jesus rebuked His disciples at least twice for hardness of heart. Once when they couldn’t seem to understand that He could provide for their needs (Mark 8:17-21) and another time because they did not believe those who told them that Jesus had risen from the dead (Mark 16:14). In Matthew 19:8 Jesus was talking to His disciples about marriage and divorce and He said the reason Moses allowed divorce was because of, “hardness of hearts”. If you want your marriage to survive, we learn here that we need to have “tender hearts” towards our spouse. Let’s keep our hearts soft (humble, teachable, compassionate) today, not only towards God but towards our spouses, family members and everyone we come into contact with.