"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."
Luke 21:34
I think this is interesting... first, just the concept that our hearts can become overcharged. :) I mean, we probably all feel that they can sometimes, but scriptural evidence of it was more than I expected. :) So, taking heed to ourselves is the way to solve the problem... and making sure that our hearts are concerned with things that won't weigh them down. Footnote on "surfeiting" says debauchery, so we should probably avoid that, as well as drunkenness. :) The "cares of this life" part is slightly perplexing, but it makes more sense to me when I think of it as "of this life" as opposed to eternal concerns. :) We get really wrapped up in our lives sometimes, forgetting that they are just a small part of eternity. Thinking that this life is everything can get our priorities pretty mixed up. So, today... let's take heed to ourselves, and leave some room in our hearts for God.
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