Guard Your Heart
Ok. I have an addiction. I like changing out my phone covers. I have a pretty pink phone so I wanted a cover that was clear and I found one with flowers that was perfect until … I found one with rainbows. I was totally feeling the rainbow vibe at the time and then … I found one with rainbow-y flowers. The perfect combination until … I found one with penguins. For as long as I can remember these cute, short birds with no legs have spoken to this 5 foot almost 1 inch girl so I had to have something that represented me but then … I started working at a library and the dark academia case filled with books and mystery found its way onto my phone.
Each one does the job of protecting my phone and they have the added bonus of making me smile.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 Ok. You have a mission should you choose to accept it. Go and read all of Proverbs 4. I wanted to include the whole chapter in this article but then I thought it would get too long and no one would read it. So here’s a synopsis: In the chapter the author (believed to be King Solomon) is writing to his son about the importance of gaining and holding onto wisdom. He says that wisdom will come at a cost, but it is worth the price because it will bring understanding and grace and it will keep his son on the path to righteousness and away from wickedness. That’s why in this verse he says to “guard your heart.” He is saying to store up that wisdom in your heart and then protect it with all that you have because everything you do flows from your heart.
In the hurricane of events that have been frantically swirling around my life and our world, I have had to work extra hard to guard my heart. The anger that I feel at the injustice that I see could easily consume my hope, my compassion, my patience, and my peace.
