Guarding My Heart

How does one guard their heart? and against what exactly? The book I am reading about dating is all about the purity and says that God places "keeping our hearts clean" at a top priority. The answers seem so obvious but they are not that easy to do sometimes. I personally have to guard against self-pity, critisism, gossiping, stubborness, and being luke warm. Its not just the big things that get us in trouble. Its the little things that eventually lead to the big things. And I realise that I need to take care of everything that I put into my heart and mind.

"Create in Me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me" Psalm 51:10

I don't need that brand new car to get me where I'm going - I need Jesus
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I don't need that comfort ice cream or that Starbucks Latte - I need Jesus
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I don't need that shopping day to fill my closet (and empty my wallet) - I need Jesus, to fill up the corners of my inner most being.
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I want to get rid of those ill - fitting clothes and those boxes of old memorabilia, clean the clutter out of my garage... when what I really need to do is clean myself from the outside - in. To get rid of all the garbage, clutter and death that takes up space in my heart and mind.
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Jesus is here and now - not after I've satisfied myself... He is the one who gets me where I'm going, The one who hits the spot. He is just what I needed.
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Suddenly its a little bit easier to get where I am going.