Jo and I are on our much-needed trip away-a trip to Alaska-courtesy of the folks at OVCF (the church I pastor). It was given to us after a tough season of ministry (losing two very close friends to cancer within a few weeks of each other) and in celebration of 45 years of my ordination. Since I won’t be taking my computer and despise using my phone to do any type of blogging, I will be basically incognito from Tuesday, September 3 through Tuesday, September 10. I plan (notice the word Plan) to be back in the office on Wednesday and therefore resume my regular devotions.
So in anticipation of that, I thought I would share with you the Scriptures from Proverbs I underlined my last time through (August). I try to read a chapter of Proverbs for a month, every other month. So here is the Scripture I highlighted on August 4th.
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” (v.23)
Guard your most vulnerable part…your heart.
Now it is your turn to think about it.
The heart is vital… From a spiritual perspective, the core, the center, the will.
If the heart is not guarded like a fortress, the enemy can and will invade. From the heart, decisions are made, not a place one would like the enemy to be hanging our or worse… making the decisions.