Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Ok, let’s be honest, you didn’t plan your year for heartbreak and betrayal.
You don’t ever wake up thinking, “Today’s the perfect day to have my heart broken again!”
So, what does it really mean to guard your heart? Should you build walls, shut people out, or just be a little more careful?
Let’s see how we can guard our hearts instead of closing them off, and how heartbreak can actually be an important signpost for your deeper spiritual growth.
Why Does This Keep Happening to Me?
Do you often find yourself attracting similar personality types, again and again?
They may look different on the outside, and have different roles in life, but at their core, they end up doing the same thing and always disappoint you, or worse, betray your kind and good nature.
Why does this always seem to happen to you?
Your Soul Is Being Refined
Your soul is being called to correction in order to receive more light of God, your higher power.
The same lessons tend to repeat themselves until we learn them. So the same energy and the same wound comes back to you again and again, just in a different physical form, until your soul correction has taken place.
The Difference Between Guarding and Closing Your Heart
When we’ve been deeply hurt, our instinct is to close off our heart to avoid further suffering and heartache.
Although the Scriptures don’t tell us to close off the heart. Scripture tells us to guard it.
There’s quite a big difference. Guarding your heart means always staying open to love, whilst walking in discernment.
Fake Love Wears Out And Real Love Endures
When we rush into new relationships, they can initially appear to be everything we’ve been praying for. But often, it’s a mask talking. Over time, those masks eventually slip and we’re the ones left facing the hard truths that lay underneath the surface all along.
Try thinking about it this way: you buy a genuine designer handbag, and with the right care, it lasts for decades. A fake bag might look just as good at first glance, but it doesn’t take long before the handle breaks, the lining tears, and you’re left with something that was never built to last long term.
It’s the same with relationships. Don’t confuse first impressions and appearances with authenticity.
Discernment is the New Protection
Guard your heart at all times by treating it as deeply sacred. You really are worth the wait, the care, and the genuine love that doesn’t wear out with time.
"When your heart is guarded by wisdom, you will stop repeating the same old wounds and begin walking in your soul’s true correction” Lisa Precious
When we lack discernment, we can find ourselves out of alignment with the natural flow of life. We may feel stuck, confused and completely thrown off the course of our lives, because our heart is wide open, but unguarded.
This is why it’s so important to guard your heart while remaining open to love.
Discernment is what allows us to stay connected to our divine flow, to let love in without letting the chaos in with it.
Learn to pause, pray, and to observe closely before you give someone access to the sacred space of your precious heart.
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