Proverbs 4:23   'Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.'

This means 'to guard.'  Our heart is under attack.  Wrong desires, sour attitudes, resentment, unforgiveness, distrusting cynicism, fear, envy, all come from the heart.  If our heart goes bad our whole life will follow.  The heart is the seat of love, trust and desire.  As we focus on the right things, our heart will be 'right.'  God commands us to 'love one another.'  Love is something we can choose to do, as with trust and desire.  'Keeping' our heart is a matter of choice & spending time in God's presence in prayer so we are empowered with His Spirit to do His commands.  Our whole life springs from our attitude therefore we need to do whatever it takes to not give our heart to the wrong attitudes, desires or even the wrong people.  On the cross Jesus forgave those who put him there.  No revenge, complaining or hatred.  Even under the most difficult circumstances we can choose to own a great heart.

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