'above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.' proverbs 4:23

"Above all else? Good grief- we don't even do it once in awhile. We might as well leave our life savings on the seat of the car with the windows rolled down- we are that careless with our hearts. ...
We live completely backwards. "All else" is above our hearts. ...
But God intends that we treat our hearts as the treasures of the kingdom, ransomed at tremendous cost, as if they really do matter, and matter deeply."
-John Eldredge