HEART GUARDIAN

I was thinking - Why the human heart is protected by the “rib cage” and why it is called a "rib cage."

The human heart is confined within the rib cage, which functions as the protector of the lungs and heart. Is there a wisdom in this? Let’s see.

You may ask which heart should I guard and from what or who do I guard it from? Man is made up of the spirit, soul and body. The mind, the mental capacity of a man, his emotions, thinking faculty, character, behavior are all embedded in the soul and this makes it a gateway we ought to guard. Imagine the heart was a glass cup and you try to fix a big stone into it, what happens? The glass would break. That's how delicate our heart is and must be protected.

“Man is made by his own thoughts, and our thoughts are influenced either positively or negatively by many factors around us, that comes from what we see and hear.”

The world we are in today is a mixture of so many elements with toxic effects, so we must be guided, for whatever a man does is only a reflection of what his heart contains, the thoughts that occupies his mind. Those things we see and hear are food for our thoughts to strengthen. So what you feed your heart with determines what you will produce through your utterance, the way you act, and the character you possess.

"A good man out of the good treasures of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks".  Luke 6:45

This is absolutely true, the heart is a secret place where you can either find good treasures or bad treasures. What you permit into you is what you are becoming and what you are, will be known by your actions.

What should I guard my heart from?

The book of Proverbs says "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life". The things we see and hear, molds, motivates, modifies the person we become. Resolve in your heart not to feed your soul with impurities that pollutes the mind.

People can also be toxic to you, when you mingle with the wrong people, consciously or unconsciously, someday you will begin to act wrongly. As family, parents let your words to your children be gracious, whatever you say to them is a seed you are planting in the ground of their hearts. If you always insult your children making them look useless, that child will grow up with the consciousness of being stupid and not good at doing anything right. The child's mind will have to be transformed and reconfigured to accepting the words that will purify his mind from negative words.

Be your heart's cage, restrict bad influence from entering into your heart. Meditate of godly things, so that what comes out of your mouth will be medicine to heal broken hearts. Some people's words does more harm than good, it breaks the heart more and more.

Protect your heart, it is your treasure.