Following your HEART

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,

    and desperately wicked.

    Who really knows how bad it is?

Jeremiah 17:9

Hard to take in at first, right? We've always heard the age old term, "Follow your heart... " We tell ourselves this is the way, this is right, I followed my heart and my heart wants this. Then when reality hits it's hard to understand. 

When you look around and you see the all the evil acts that are happening around us we are immediately judgmental esp. in believing that only such things happen when someone is "mentally unstable" or has a "mental illness" whether or not someone has or hasn't been clinically diagnosed with such an illness has absolutely nothing to do with what is in their hearts. Following your heart can take one down a dark twisted road and one may make decisions that ultimately cause a ripple effect that can spread far and wide. 

I know, I know, it's not ALWAYS like that. Following our hearts can be the best thing we ever do. We have to make sure that heart, is in the right hands first. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not lean on your own understanding.
 In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

There is hope. He always provides hope right? Trust in the LORD with all your heart! Now, if our hearts are with the LORD we should in fact "Follow our hearts" If we all step back and for a moment just LET it all go, say God, I know you're in my heart. I know you know what is best. Lead me.

Weapons are not purely physical things. People may want more "gun control" but until the people of this world no longer are fueled by hate and the evil that resides in their heart, we won't fully feel or be protected. We still shouldn't live in fear. We can strive to Follow a heart filled with the Lord, and share that with the world around us.Maybe that's a ripple effect that will spread far and wide and help us all.