Dear Heart,

You and I go way back, but I just have a few questions for you. I hope you don’t mind that I’ve written such a personal letter in such a public place, but maybe you’ll appreciate the sentiments more if I declare them this way.

Why do you leap inside of me when a boy talks to me? Why will the littlest thing set you aflutter? There is no reason to think that his “hi” is more than a “hi” or that his smile is meant especially for me. But you don’t do a lot of rational thinking, do you?

Why do you think things should go just as you dreamed? Why can you take one little thing and project it ten years down the road? Why do I allow you to carry me away? I can’t know the future and certainly can’t make others follow the plans you’re set on, heart.

I know I’m a woman and with that comes a tendency to be emotional and relational. That’s okay. It’s how God made me. I shouldn’t hate myself for it, but that doesn’t mean that I should always follow your emotional lead.

“I will give thanks to You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.” – Psalm 139:14 (NASU)

Heart, you don’t have to be ruled by emotions. Emotions don’t have to be king. They easily take the throne and make themselves at home, but there is a greater King who deserves that seat. He alone should be ruler of my heart and the object of my greatest desires.

Be still my heart. It’s not all about you.

Affectionately,

Ronnica