Guard Your Heart,,,,

,,,,with all vigilance for out of it flows the issues(springs) of life. Proverbs 4:23 ESV

I haven't done a thought provoking or spiritual thinking blog in a long time.

I watched a video my daughter did last week and she mentioned this scripture

and it got me to thinking. How do you "guard" your heart? The heart commonly

refers to as the center of thinking and reason, but also includes emotions, the will,

and thus, the whole inner being. The heart is the depository of the all wisdom and

the source of whatever affects speech and conduct.

Let's pick this verse apart a little and see where it leads and what the Lord may be teaching us or telling us what to do.

*Guard, someone who protects something, or the act of keeping something safe

from harm or danger.

*Vigilance, the action or state of keeping careful watch for possibilities of danger

or difficulties.

*Flows, to move along steady and continuously

*Issues, important topics or problems.

Here's what these 4 words above say to me:

I am to guard my heart, it's mine to keep and protect, to keep it safe from harm, abuse and

slander. With all vigilance I need to keep watch over this organ that God gave me so no one

or thing can harm or damage it. That's a hefty request, that I wish I was aware of many,

many years ago. For from it flow, moving along steadily and continuously, the issues,

important topics or problems, of life.

As states above there are many ways to guard this wonderful instrument given to us by

our perfect creator:

*Our thoughts "for out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality,

false witness, slander, theft". Matt 15:19

*Our will is something we can control, God gave us freedom to chose, chose to guard

your heart.

*Our emotions, this is a big one and often gets us(me)in trouble. I will share a little something about myself. When I was young, a mere teenager, I thought I was "in love"

every time a boy paid any attention to me. I gave pieces of my heart away so freely

never realizing that emotions were fickle and almost never told the truth. As an adult and a

woman of God I know now that my heart is something to guard above all else with all

vigilance and the only one who has any part of my heart now besides God is my loving

and caring husband that guards my heart.

So, my friends guard your heart, don't let anyone or anything damage it, keep it safe above all else.

Amen!

Trump vs Kamala

I was debating with myself as to whether I would write this and if so how would I do it.

Where would I start, so here we go. A few days ago I posted something I saw on FB

and reposted it. I'm not a political arguer, I have my point of view and nothing you say

will change that. I have acquaintances on both sides of the political isle and we do

exchange words occasionally, but nothing mean or accusatory, until that post. An acquaintance(used to be friend)called me a racist and that I should go and "reflect"

because of what I said. The thing is, I never said it, I just agreed with it and reposted it.

Maybe that's the same thing, so part of what was posted was about Kamala and her ethnicity

is she Indian or is she black and something about her being entitled because of it. Apparently she is both. Awhile back, I think it was around 2016

she used her Indian heritage to help gain a position of power but now she is referring to

herself as black because that seems more beneficial to her party. I didn't say it, it's

all over the internet I'm just re writing it, so I'm racist, which I am not! I'm not asking anyone for a debate, I just needed to get this off my chest once and for all. I was hurt that this person would actually call me this but I'm now realizing she was not a friend at all.

When Kamala went into the US senate, Associated Press (AP)stated she was the first Indian American US Senator. Now she's running nationally they're talking about her father's heritage and her black identity(their words, not mine) Rep. Byron Donalds FL, ABC News

Digressing from above I want to share my thoughts and beliefs on why I am choosing

Donald Trump over Kamala Harris for our next president. Our country/policies were broken long before Donald Trump. What the democrats did to him the whole time he was in office was awful and he still made this country better than ever, and, I might add he never took a salary. That's mind blowing right there! Trump is a business man and he has run and will again run this country like a business. Trump is not a career politician, he's a billionaire and didn't get that way by being in politics or by being our President. He's in it because he loves the USA and he's going to get us out of the mess the Biden administration has gotten us into.

I watched both Trumps and Kamala's rally's in Georgia. All Kamala did was bash Trump, no policies were discussed, nothing about securing the border, nothing about inflation. Oh, wait she did say if she was elected, grocery prices and gas prices would come down, but why wait, do it now!! 19.2 % inflation, something Kamala takes very seriously but does nothing to lower it.

The news now is about Kamala's husband how he cheated in his first marriage, I'm like, who cares? If I was voting on the democrat ticket that would have no bearing on my vote. Similarly Trumps past has no bearing on my vote. Everyone has a past, people change!

One of my acquaintances on the other side of the aisle is worried about Social Security and she thinks I should be too, I'm not.

"No tax on Social Security, no tax on tips. There is waste, fraud and abuse in our government in that department and it's getting fixed" D. Trump

With Trump back in the White House we will be energy dominant, revitalize the US auto industry, jobs will be brought back to the USA

I appreciate comments as long as they're are kind. I will not debate anyone with a different view than mine but I will respect your opinion, it will not change mine.

God Bless You all and God Bless the USA!

Monday Morning Chat

Today is Monday and the day our ladies come to do the heavy lifting(cleaning)

yes, Nate would do it but why should he, he works hard enough so I got the

"girls". After they left I was looking for something to listen to on my phone,

something I usually do as I take my shower. I came across a pastor that was

at my previous church, Our Saviors in Lafayette, La. His name is Pastor Tim Dilena

and he is one of the top ten preachers, in my book! He is now at Times Square Church

in NYC. His topic was "A Warning to the Church That is Becoming a Den of Thieves".

He told this story, that was told to him by a global leader from Teen Challenge about a young, alcohol addicted, homeless woman in Prague, Czech Republic and how she was looking for a place to sleep on a very cold night she ended up climbing into a dumpster.

When she woke up the next morning there was a crack in the top, it didn't shut completely

and the sunlight began to come into the dumpster and she saw these pages, they were

pages from the book "The Cross and The Switchblade" by David Wilkerson, hand written in her language! (David Wilkerson is the founder of Teen Challenge) She stayed in that dumpster and read the whole book. She felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit and got saved, right there!! Two weeks later she was walking along and looked up and sees a building that says "Teen Challenge", she says "That's the

place from the book", walks in and tells them the story on how God met her in a dumpster!

Don't ever count God out! He can meet us in a dumpster, He can meet us in a church, He is not limited!!God can work miracles wherever you are today!!

I hope if you are reading this today and you feel far away from God, guess who moved?

certainly not God, it's you, me, us, we are the ones who move, God is always there to meet us where we are, to forgive us when we ask. Maybe you know someone who is struggling today and needs to hear this message, please share with them. God Bless You

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