The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? These are the words of Jeremiah 17:9

What does that mean? 

I have lots of ideas in my heart. I know what I want for my life, and what I hope to see happen. So why doesn’t it always turn out the way I planned? 

Sometimes when I look back, I can see where my planning and my actions, actually contradicted what I wanted to see happen. I know the intent, I know the desired outcome. But for some reason, I see how I made decisions, and then act in a way, that completely led me in a different direction. It’s because of my heart. It is always in motion chasing after something. And sometimes, I fail to direct it. So it leads me in the wrong direction. 

But thank God for his goodness. Without him, I would never see results that I hope for. That is why God is always correcting our step, and helping us align with him.