a dear, close and Christ-loving person once told me...
follow your heart, it will never steer you wrong.
i went by that advice for years! this person is no longer with us... this person is enjoying an eternity with our gracious, loving Father!
but i have grown so much since this persons death... have been at doors in my life that i was unsure to take or not. and always, always did as my heart said. i still think this person was wise and meant well... but i did misinterpret what they meant.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a [wo]man, I put childish ways behind me. 1 Corinthians 13:11
as a child you always see things the way you want to, not how they really are. i didn't realize that when this person told me to follow my heart, they meant, "Follow it to Jesus. Hand it to Him." Sunday, my amazing boyfriend, Jake and i went to see the new movie Fireproof. (i highly encourage you go see it, if you haven't yet!)
my sister and i were talking about this movie a few days ago, cause she researched it more than i did and she really wanted to make this movie known, since the public doesn't always approve of the 'Christian/Religious' movies. so i asked her what the movie is about and with a one word text she said, "marriages." my response was, " uh... ok. cool." but what i was really thinking was, "marriage?? i'm suppose to sit through a movie that talks about marriage?? what the heck!!! homegirl is joking!" now, yes the movie focuses on a marriage but the message behind is uplifting! and no, you don't have to be married to watch this movie!!! lol...
well, afterwards jake and i went to his house and got on the internet to look up the website (because i loved the music in the movie and needed to know the name of songs/artist and stuff...which fyi, i now have those songs on my itunes repeating as i type :-D lol...) and on the website, found out that the love dare book is a real book; not just something made up for the movie!!! they had a sneak peek at the book and i started reading it... and what got a hold of me and hasn't letting go is the following:
"...you must take the view that instead of following your heart, you are choosing to lead it. The world says to follow your heart, but if you are no leading it, then someone or something else is. The bible says that, "the heart is deceitful above all things," [Jeremiah 17:9] and it will pursue that which feels right at the moment."
for two days i meditated on those phrases! for two days i drove myself insane thinking of the past and how i could've avoided many, MANY, heartaches if i would've just choosen to lead by heart and not let it lead me.
but then... i started thinking of how much i learned having gone through what i did. i don't regret none of it! i am who i am because of the lessons i've learned; i am as strong as i am for having let God in my life to help me endure all the trials; i am a whole new person! but it's not too late! not for you nor for me! don't let your heart guide you! guide it towards God! guide it to do His will and not your own!
I know, O Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not of man to direct his steps. Jeremiah 10:23
God wants your heart! don't you think he deserves it?? afterall... for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Yes, the movie "Fireproof" is awesome, and the book "The Love Dare" is such a great resource for husbands and wives. We have 300 people in our church taking the love dare all at the same time! I'm hearing wonderful stories of how God is using it to bless marriages.
I think that is amazing!
as a teenager i read books on christian dating and even though i'm not married, i find the love dare to be an amazing, helpful book.
God bless!
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