Your Heart Is a City

By Kevin Michael Faulk

For anyone grappling with why they do the things they do, feel the way they feel, and think the thoughts they think, Your Heart Is a City is an answer to those questions and more from a unique perspective on the human mind. Prepare to be seen and see yourself more clearly than you ever have as you embrace the revelation of just how active and alive you are mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. You are vast and intricate, a metropolis of intent and experience. This book is your invitation and guide to understanding who you are, how and why you are, and who you may become.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 16, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891302426

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Your Heart Is a City

Kevin Michael Faulk

ISBN 979-8-89130-241-9 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89130-242-6 (digital)

Copyright © 2024 by Kevin Michael Faulk

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing

832 Park Avenue

Meadville, PA 16335

www.christianfaithpublishing.com

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Honorable Mentions

Introduction

Schematics of the Heart

Chapter 1

Indigenous People

Chapter 2

Roads

Chapter 3

Walls

Chapter 4

Gates and Guards

Chapter 5

Infrastructure and Economy

Chapter 6

Education and Art of the Heart

Chapter 7

The Criminal Element of the Heart

Chapter 8

The King and His Court

Chapter 9

The Shadow King

Many Cities

Chapter 10

Anxiety City

Chapter 11

Despair City

Chapter 12

Smoldering City

Chapter 13

Shame City

Chapter 14

Appetite City

Chapter 15

Unsteady Cities

Chapter 16

Steady City

Chapter 17

The Helper

Chapter 18

Invaluable Information

Chapter 19

The Greatest Information

About the Author

For the castaways, an answered SOS.

For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

—Proverbs 23:6

Honorable Mentions

John Faulk Jr.

Cassie Faulk

John Faulk Sr.

Lanissa Faulk

Jared Rainwater

Joshua Edwards

Micaiah Edwards

Sean A. Wilson

Words alone cannot express my abundant gratitude for your faith, compassion, and generosity. Without which, the completion of this work would not have been possible. Prayerfully, it is as much a boon to you, if not a greater one, as it is to any and all who find grace, aid, and/or comfort within its pages. Thank you all, and may God's face ever shine upon you.

Introduction

If you would pay attention, if you were to just look around and pay attention, you would see something miraculous every single day. Existence is a remarkable thing, really. The universe is made up of so many unique and intermingling parts that come together in a way that makes stars shine and planets spin. Though seemingly vast and random, the universe we live in starts to make some sense the more you look at it, and look at it we did. We realized that there is indeed a rhyme and rhythm to the gorgeous madness. The planets orbit the sun while spinning. I'll say that again; the planets orbit the sun while spinning! Some planets even have moons that fly around them while they orbit the sun, while spinning. In some outstanding fashion, this has been happening for a very long time without our particular star and planets stepping on each other's proverbial toes. What a perfectly balanced and measured system we happen to benefit from. That's not even one of the most amazing facts of reality, although it is absolutely neat.

We lie within a very particular system of systems. We live upon a planet within a solar system among solar systems, wholly dependent upon seasons and cycles that we have no control over for our survival: the four seasons, the four winds, the earth cycle, the water cycle, dry seasons, rainy seasons, et cetera, et cetera. It doesn't end there though. As we scaled down the scope, we noticed yet another smaller scale of systems: ecosystems—animal, plant, and insect families adhering to outstanding, instinct-driven schedules and traditions, enduring for thousands of generations unto their health and survival, as well as the health and survival of the planet. Just as the steadfast faithfulness of our solar systems' eon-long space waltz, these creatures' established systems existed long before us humans could even appreciate them. There is still yet a truth more fantastic than this though.

We human beings found or made semi-adequate shelter, hunted, and gathered, and followed the migration patterns of other creatures in order to stay alive. Something a