What Does It Mean to Trust the Heart?
The Tension Around Following Your Heart
For many of us, the idea of “following your heart” creates tension.
We want to trust God.
We want to make wise choices.
And yet we’ve also been taught to be cautious—sometimes deeply cautious—about our own inner world.
So when the phrase follow your heart comes up, it can feel confusing rather than freeing.
This week isn’t about resolving that tension.
It’s about noticing it.
When Trust Feels Risky
If you grew up hearing that the heart can’t be trusted, it makes sense that following it feels risky.
And yet… Scripture doesn’t tell us to disconnect from the heart.
It tells us to pay attention to it.
To guard it.
To examine it.
To invite God into it.
Which suggests something important:
The heart isn’t meant to lead alone—but it isn’t meant to be ignored either.
God Looks Beneath the Surface
There’s a passage in Jeremiah (17:9) that often comes to mind when people talk about the heart.
It warns us about deception—but it doesn’t stop there. (17:10)
God speaks about searching the heart, about looking beneath the surface and understanding what’s really driving us.
Not to shame.
Not to control.
But to bring things into alignment.
Following your heart doesn’t mean bypassing God.
It means allowing God into the very place where desire begins.
Alignment Changes Desire
When the heart is misaligned, desires can pull us in directions that don’t serve us.
But alignment does something interesting.
As the heart becomes more connected—more honest, more surrendered—desires begin to shift.
What once felt urgent may lose its grip.
What once felt quiet may grow clearer.
Following your heart, in this sense, becomes less about impulse and more about resonance.
Less about “what do I want right now?”
More about “what feels true, steady, and life-giving?”
Following Your Heart and Consequences
Following your heart doesn’t mean living without accountability.
It doesn’t mean everything we want is automatically aligned.
But it does mean trusting that God is involved in the process—that He’s willing to meet us in the middle and gently guide us when something is off.
Correction doesn’t come as rejection.
It comes as refinement.
An Invitation, Not a Conclusion
This week isn’t about redefining faith or drawing lines in the sand.
It’s an invitation to consider this:
What if following your heart isn’t about abandoning wisdom—but about learning to listen more deeply?
What if the heart, when tended and aligned, becomes a compass rather than a liability?
Reflection for the Week
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When you hear the phrase follow your heart, what comes up for you?
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Does it feel freeing, uncomfortable, or confusing?
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What might it look like to invite God into your desires instead of distrusting them?
You don’t need answers this week.
Just awareness.
Because sometimes following your heart begins with simply listening to it.
Have a blessed week!
With love and vitality,
Kathy, The Energy Pharmacist, Soul Centered Vitality