News close to home and around the world is heavy. There are so many who are hurting and grieving tragedy. Your own mind is filled with responsibilities and thoughts of people who rely on you, even if only in prayer. While feeling heavy and giving so much of yourself to all the needs, it is common to experience burn out. Often, this is because you fall into a pattern of giving of yourself instead of the overflow of God through you. This is why it’s important to know if you’re guarding your heart or not. It doesn’t mean guarding yourself against any kind of bad news or ignoring it. In fact, you can more actively step into hard situations when you’re guarding your heart in the right ways. Let’s explore how to do this.

You receive a wonderful gift or have an amazing moment. Then suddenly a different attitude or distraction steps in and dulls the moment. Why does that happen?