Proverbs 4 talks about guarding your heart, but why? It’s because your heart, which is talking about your emotions, your feelings, your mind and will, affects the course of your life. To guard your heart is to protect it and keep it, to set boundaries; and many times we think we’ve set boundaries and are guarding our hearts until we find ourselves used and abused, run over and stuck.

Guarding our hearts and setting boundaries is healthy and necessary because we are protecting our relationship with the Father and protecting the course of our lives