Guard Your Heart!

Guard your heart above all else,
    for it determines the course of your life.

Proverbs 4:23

 

There was a time I used to envy those who seemed to just wander through life with no plans, no goals, and just rolled along seemingly always landing right in the lap of whatever they needed.  And it would eat me alive when these people would always seem to come out on top, while I struggled and always felt like I was the flea-ridden dog at the grand ball of life.

 

And because I couldn't let go of that, my life seemed to get worse and worse (as did my outlook on life).  I grew to become angry with anyone and everyone.  Until.....and that's one of the best words you can every read or hear....until I got to talk with one of those people I was so envious of.  He told me that most of his laughter and smiles were fake because he had a reputation to protect.  He told me that he didn't bother to pay attention in school and when he managed to get into college, he didn't know how to study and flunked out.  He told me that his life had slowly become one con after another just to survive.  

 

The point of this?  Guard your heart!  Protect it from things like anger, envy, jealousy, hatred, disrespect and all the other negatives.  Remember: What's in your well comes up in your bucket!  Protect your well!