So Monday night I went to Bible Study at Megans :) and for fun we watched Fireproof, which I had never seen (shameless movie plug: WATCH THE MOVIE!!!!) Anyways, of course there are many great lessons in that movie, but there is one quote that really stuck with me and has made me think many thoughts that I'm going to be sharing with you ♥
"Do not follow your heart, instead lead your heart."
As girls, we have been taught our entire life to follow our hearts. "I don't know whether to break up with my boyfriend or not." "I don't know if I should tell my friend how I really feel about her sleeping around." "I don't know how to tell my parents I want to move out..." To which the reply is always, "Follow your heart."
But what if we're not supposed to follow our hearts? I know your probably really questioning what I'm talking about here, I mean, if I don't follow my heart, what am I going to follow? To this I must reply:
FOLLOW GOD!!!!
Yeah, that's right, as Christian young women I think we often times confuse following our hearts with following our emotions. If you've been in a relationship for years, your heart is not going to tell you to walk away from it. If you no longer approve of what your friends are doing or getting involved with, its going to be real tough to break those ties you have with them.
However, the solution is simple, we must learn to lead our hearts, and to do this we must bury ourselves in God's word and arm ourselves with prayer. Honestly, we don't have a clue what God has in store for us, but if we allow him to lead our hearts, he will take us exactly where we need to go.
"Do not follow your heart, instead lead your heart."
As girls, we have been taught our entire life to follow our hearts. "I don't know whether to break up with my boyfriend or not." "I don't know if I should tell my friend how I really feel about her sleeping around." "I don't know how to tell my parents I want to move out..." To which the reply is always, "Follow your heart."
But what if we're not supposed to follow our hearts? I know your probably really questioning what I'm talking about here, I mean, if I don't follow my heart, what am I going to follow? To this I must reply:
FOLLOW GOD!!!!
Yeah, that's right, as Christian young women I think we often times confuse following our hearts with following our emotions. If you've been in a relationship for years, your heart is not going to tell you to walk away from it. If you no longer approve of what your friends are doing or getting involved with, its going to be real tough to break those ties you have with them.
However, the solution is simple, we must learn to lead our hearts, and to do this we must bury ourselves in God's word and arm ourselves with prayer. Honestly, we don't have a clue what God has in store for us, but if we allow him to lead our hearts, he will take us exactly where we need to go.
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