“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬.

I don’t think we understand what this verse is asking of us. I think sometimes we human beings take this verse lightly, I say that because this was me. God is calling us to guard our hearts for a reason… Sometimes we put ourselves, and our hearts in situations where we ruin the purity of it.

““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬.

This verse is also so beautiful! I feel like sometimes we allow this world or the situations that we go through mark us and stain us. We allow sin, greed, anger, jealousy, rejection, shame, lying/lies, pride, etc to stain our hearts… It’s so dangerous, that is why I believe these two verses go together. They are so important because it’s telling us if we don’t guard our hearts, we will contaminate it. Why do we do the things that we do because we’ve allowed it to be sown into our hearts. God never intends or wants our hearts to be impure, but sometimes we put ourselves in situations where they become so. Some examples are… God tells us to not let that situation sink into our hearts, to cast our cares/worries unto him… Sometimes he tells us to not get with that person…. Sometimes he tells us to heal from traumas… Sometimes he tells us to break generational curses… Sometimes he tell’s us to not idolize other gods. Sometimes he tells us to let go… Sometimes he tells us to not let the love of money control our lives. There are so many things God tries to take care of us from, but we don’t listen. We are stubborn and sometimes think we know more than God! I say this a little frustrated because you know how many situations I’ve been in like these. There were so many moments in my life where I allowed my heart to be contaminated, I put my heart on the line of getting hurt. I put myself in heartbreaks… I put myself in situations where I allowed my heart to become impure. I would sadden the heart of my Father up above. God doesn’t say things because he doesn’t know. He says things because he’s already been at the beginning, the middle and the end of times… God is so beautiful that he doesn’t force us to love him, he allows us to make that choice. God is a graceful God, and he most definitely won’t waste any moment as long as you truly repent and mean it. But wouldn’t it be nice if we listened to God the first time or through what he states in his word? I don’t know about you but I’m tired of making the same mistakes over and over again. I want to learn the first time and trust that my God knows best when he tells me something. Now I know sometimes it’s easier said than done. But it’s time we start listening to God, you know how many things we would avoid…? If you are reading please understand how guarding your heart is so important! I’ve learned from God that to him, the state in which your heart’s is in is so important! I mean he states clearly in his word, I said it above “for everything you do flows from it”. What we do reveals what is truly in our hearts.