straight from the heart

I love the Bryan Adams song....Straight from the Heart....
"I've been dreamin'
Straight from the heart...
But it's easier
Comin' straight from the heart.
Oh give it to me straight from the heart..."

Our heart is the container of all that is good.  You hear people say...They have a good heart...Our emotions and all that we are...come straight from the heart!

So, who does your heart belong to?  Romantically it may belong to a person.  Your emotions for them are all bottled in your heart.  Valentine's Day, full of hearts tells us that!!! Right???

Proverbs 4:23-27 tells us to:
Above all else, guard your heart,
   for everything you do flows from it.
²⁴ Keep your mouth free of perversity;
   keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead;
   fix your gaze directly before you.
²⁶ Give careful thought to the^[a] paths for your feet
   and be steadfast in all your ways.
²⁷ Do not turn to the right or the left;
   keep your foot from evil.

Above all else...Guard your heart...everything you do flows from it...how do we guard it?  Proverbs tells us:
with our mouth...what we say...corrupt talk...talking out of both sides of our mouth...careless gossip...white lies...keep your eyes looking straight ahead...don't be distracted by things, people who are evil, people who want to tear you from the path God has set for you...think about how you are reacting...think before you walk out that door to do something you know you shouldn't....think before you pick up that phone to start that fight...think before you send that email....Keep from evil...there are evil people out there...just stay as far away from them as possible...all you can do is pray for them...
All of these things can keep your heart guarded....all of these things can keep your heart good and pure...
Give your heart to God and the love comes easily (From the tv in the other room just came the line, "in five seconds your heart will be in the wrong place"...wow! God moment)...straight from the heart!