This song touched me growing up. “How About Your Heart.” My sister Connie, brother Arnold and I sang it as a trio:
How About Your Heart
Is it right with God
That’s the thing that
counts today
Is it black with sin,
is it pure within?
Won’t you ask Christ
in today
People often see you,
just as you are outside
Jesus really knows
you, for He sees inside…
By Bennie S. Triplett
There is strong inclination to be part of the crowd: but think of tomorrow. Who is this crowd? Where are they going?
If people around you are angry, drunken, drugged, violent, immoral players, in your heart, walk away! There is a better life for you. You may even have to move away, leave them behind. When my husband, Eric, left the Navy after four years, his friends back home were heavy alcohol drinkers…he moved to Florida. When I lived in Dallas in my twenties, I worked in a large government contract company, LTV, and didn’t know how to handle the social interaction … it was a good company; I was just not ready for the moral challenges of a naïve minister’s daughter. I moved back home. Interestingly, I moved back to Florida at about the same time that Eric moved down from Massachusetts. The rest is history. Forty-six years ago, we married. What if my heart had not been in the place it was! What if my future husband had stayed in Boston near his drinking buddies!
If we don’t get it right inside, we might live a lifetime missing out on our best possible life. There is a good plan for you, and it is found in the Book written by your Creator, Jesus Christ. The Bible. Sure, strong opinions, especially during a highly charged political and moral environment will easily distract and engage us. But protect your heart!
The Heavenly Father is there waiting to give you direction…think through Psalm 51:10. “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me . . . take not your Holy Spirit from me . . . restore to me the joy of your salvation.” Guard your heart.
