Heart and Mind
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
As it is written,”Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”.
INSPIRATION:
It is a FLOW DAY.... Allow peace, love, kindness, gentleness, patience, correction, discipline- allow God to flow through you... Allow the ways of God to flow OUT of you to be encouragement to someone else... Allow the FLOW...
REFLECTION:
Have we asked the question 'Why do our hearts and minds need to be guarded???' and 'What do our hearts and minds need to be guarded from???' 'How come I can't guard myself? , I know me'
WELP, these are good questions...One view:
There are things going on that we are not aware of. There are attacks planned that we are ignorant to. There are things working together that we do not see - and not all is meant to be for our good... Let's be honest. Everyone DOES NOT like you...Everyone is NOT pulling for you... They just aren't. Some want to see your demise... Some want to see you fall... Some want you to continue to struggle... Some want to see you fail... It's not the enemy it's adversity....(DEFINITION of adversity= difficulty; misfortune)
This life that we live has it ups & downs, ins & outs and triumphs & tribulations.... This life.... Our lives... There are bumps and pot holes, and road blocks, and flooded areas, and congested areas, and accidents, and incidents and JUST STUFF. Unexpected STUFF... We have to learn how; because we DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING, we have to LEARN daily, consistently, learn how to navigate through. Through all the stuff to get to our intended destination. (SIDEBAR- and the next destination and to the next destination... we don't get to a destination/a place and just stay there... Even if it is home base you will leave home base to go somewhere to do something else then get back to home base...Always get back to home base....Always Get Back To God....He is our home base)
We need to guard to be prepared for those things- the stuff...Guarded to allow those things to flow out and away that are not to stay... Guarded to discern. Guarded to recognize. Guarded to navigate..
Use your GPS to help you navigate through to get to... remain in the vehicle as you navigate... The vehicle is your protection from the elements...
NOTE:
Vehicle= Jesus
GPS= God Purposed System
Elements= stuff/adversities
(now read THAT again...😊)
Flow through... Remain in...Use the system...
Purposed Learning for Purposed Living - in all aspects of our lives...❤️