I was taught from a very young age to follow my heart.  Whenever there was a decision to be made, I listened to that advice.  My mother, who I always looked up to, seemed to know what she was talking about and she never seemed to steer me in the wrong direction.

Except when it came to that particular advice.

Should I really follow my heart?  What does God tell us in His Word?


The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)

I've been having a great deal of trouble with this lately, especially when it comes to Lew (husband) and our marriage.  I know he is the head of our family and he is the leader of the pack, but sometimes my heart wants to run the other way.

Do you ever feel like that?  When your husband asks you to do something you don't particularly want to do and you just roll your eyes back in your head while silently screaming "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"  Your heart strings are pulling you one way and your husband is pulling you elsewhere.

What should you do?

Well, I personally have had issues where I have outright refused to do some things my husband has wanted.  Sometimes I've even said "no."  Sometimes I've gotten nasty and angry about it.  Sometimes I've given stipulations such as "after all of X or Y is finished, then we can do Z," or "When I have some extra time I'll (fill-in-the-blank)."  It all means "no."  It's my rebellious, deceitful heart trying to let me think I can do whatever I want.

The Bible says