The Best Defense is a Good Offense

I hear a lot of people say "guard your heart" as I'm sure you have as well. When you think of a knight guarding a castle, you think of a man in shining armor ready to defend the castle from any enemy, but "defend" doesn't just mean waiting for trouble to come to you. Sometimes in order to prevent an attack on your heart you must go to where the trouble is and stop it there before it even gets close to your heart. Think about this; if a country is going to be fighting a battle, wouldn't they rather be invading the other country as opposed to being invaded? It's a lot messier to win a battle when you are doing it from your own soil rather than going to the problem and attacking it there. Translated to my point, don't wait until issues or minor problems in your life are full blown strongholds. Take care of the things that are out to damage you and your heart at the source, instead of trying to ward it off once it has taken root in your soul.