Check Your Heart

Throughout life, most of our decisions when it comes to the heart were done with the wrong motives.  Rarely checking our hearts and not checking our heartbeats or getting a chest x-ray.  What it implies is that we do things with the wrong heart motives.  Many of us have learned in our lives, that we can convince our minds to do things even though deep in our hearts it was a lie or just straight-up wrong, either way, done for all the wrong reasons.

A word of caution, you can do a lot of the right things for the wrong reasons if you don’t check your heart and admit to your true motives for the decisions you make.  For example starting a new relationship that is not based on a real connection and true love, but based on how someone looks or what they can offer you.  If you check your heart you will see that the true reasoning behind the decisions you make can save a lot of regrets, pain, and heartbreak.

REALITY CHECK.  How many of you have tried to do things with motives that are built on jealousy or envy?  To get the girl, to get the money, to get the job or anything to just get the “win”.  Going to church to pray for a hot woman to sit next to you instead of praying to God.  Applying for the job that everyone else has, but one you never really wanted.  Are all of your friends getting married and you are the only single one? Is that the only reason you said “I do?”   Do you spend money on bottle service for your “boys”, but know in your heart that they aren't really friends at all?  Consider that it may be fear that motivates the heart to do things for the wrong reasons.

The more we do things with the right heart motives, the more we keep from the constant lies.  When we are not lying to ourselves or lying to others, the better we feel about our accomplishments and our integrity grows.  So think of all the things you've gone through and knew in your heart that the motive was wrong.  After all was said and done think about how you felt.  Now we as humans may not be able to avoid lying to ourselves or to others, guarantee to never let people down, break hearts or save ourselves from constant disappointment.  However, by always checking our hearts before and after, we may minimize how much we hurt ourselves and others.  It’s a daily battle to stay on the narrow path instead of giving in to your deceptive heart.

The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires.  These are the cause of action. - Raymond Holliwell 

If one’s motives are wrong, nothing can be right.