Proverbs 4:23 says "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
i seriously can't wait for the day when this doesn't have to be true anymore. can you even imagine?
we weren't designed for a life where "guarding the heart" was even necessary. in eden...walking in the fulfilling intimacy and security of the trinity. true wholeness and holiness...living OUT LOUD.
but the broken world today...and our battles to walk out of our fallenness...well, an entire host of enemies, idols, and security blankets crouch, ready to pounce, or even flagrantly offer themselves as the candy for the soul.
and so, we must protect the most valuable creation...the human heart.
i'm not one for the "guarding" that is totally based on fear...that's not protection. that's insulation, isolation, cowardice.
no, i'm referring to the caution that comes from "guarding" that's motivated by wisdom.
but right now, i'm a little frustrated with said "guarding". an area where i'd love to be unrestrained some day. free to be and free to love.
i feel the weight of responsibility in guarding myself...there's actually real life in my heart now that i can give. and i own the charge to watch over the other hearts involved...but i just long to be...unguarded someday.
waiting...
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