From NW

I'm really thankful that God has been cultivating in me a tranquil heart. I've been learning (rather haltingly) how to have control over my thought life, and how to be okay with God-given emotions, without letting my sinful flesh hijack my emotions and turn them into self-love, self-pity, and just self-centeredness in general. I remember reading somewhere that often times, we misapply the common phrase "guard your heart" to guarding your heart against people, when the biblical precept is to guard your heart against sin. I'm still trying to learn what that means. To be guarded and vulnerable at the same time. To give love without expecting it in return. To be okay with hurt, but not dwell in it, and instead rejoice in Christ all the more.