I have always thought that the heart was an interesting organ. Working 24 hours a day 7 days a week with out any vacations. And the way it has seemed to become the center of our being and a very powerful form of expressive language, such as "She broke my heart." or "That boy really has heart." So I scrounged around and found this wonderfully hearty recipe and all I can say is Eat your heart out!

Here's what you'll need:

- 1 red licorice whip
- 1 red licorice lace 
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 3-ounce box strawberry gelatin
- Blue cake gel icing 
- Grenadine syrup (optional)

Ok to start with cut your licorice whip and lace in half and put them aside (don't worry they're like worms and don't die when cut in half).

Now you need to boil some water in a saucepan. Once it's boiling take the water off the heat and pour in the strawberry gelatin. Next stir it up until the gelatin has completely merged with the water (no it's not a hostile takeover), and add a cup of cold water to help cool down the mix.

Now grab some tin foil and mold it into a heart like shape. Once you have gotten your foil into an acceptable state line it with some saran wrap and spray it with a no-stick cooking spray.

Set the foil into a cup for support and pour the jello mix in (you can refrigerate the rest or use it to make more hearts).

Now take a section of the licorice lace and bend it into a U and stick it into the tea cup. If it is stubborn tie it up by pinching the foil around its ends to keep it up and in place. Then you can stick your heart mold into the fridge and let it chill out until it gets firm.

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Once your heart has firmed up take it out of the fridge and carefully plop it onto a plate, doing your best not to break your own heart.

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Next you will push your licorice whips through the heart diagonally from each side so that you have arteries protruding from both sides and both the top and bottom.

Finally get your blue cake gel icing and draw some blue veins onto your heart, and now you are ready to eat your heart out.

But if you REALLY wanta do something gross, just get some grenadine syrup and dribble it over your heart. Then you can prove to everyone you really do have a bleeding heart.

Now for the heartfelt Bible tie-in:

Matthew 15:18-20a says, "But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man 'unclean'"

Jesus is speaking in this passage to some Pharisees, the religious teachers of the day, who were claiming that his disciples were unclean because they were eating with unwashed hands. Jesus refutes them by saying that what makes a man unclean is what comes out of his heart. Jesus is not speaking of the physical heart, but the spiritual heart, the seat of the soul. It is here that shows what a person is truly like, it is the center of their being. The things that come out of this heart are what shows people who you are, that is why it this that makes a man 'unclean'. What is in your heart, and what is coming out of it?. Is it something that will make you 'unclean' and hurt your fellowship with God? God want's to come in and fill your heart, so that He will be the source of your life and He will be what flows out of you for all to see.