Guard Your Heart

“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)

Have you ever had a time in your life where you experienced a deep hurt for your children and carried a grudge toward others? I have!  It is an indescribable pain that leads to hours of misery.  There is only one way to turn it around and it doesn’t involve the word YOU at all.

I decided one day that my bitterness and hurt feelings were exhausting.  I prayed for God to take away my bitterness and hurt.

For a while, it was an everyday prayer. Then I read a devotional that explained that getting rid of my hurts isn’t easy but asking God to guard my heart would do something that I could not do for myself.

It is all about entrusting it to God to give me the strength to not be so sensitive to situations that are hurtful.

Counting My Blessings,

Susan Browder