“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” (Proverbs 4:23 ESV)
February is American Heart Month. I’ve long been aware of the heart problems that run in my family. My grandma had a heart attack and bypass surgery when I was fourteen, and my grandpa followed with quadruple bypass surgery a few years after that. Almost all my mom’s siblings have (or had) high blood pressure, stents, or other heart issues.
In late 2024, my family history caught up with me, and I joined the high blood pressure club. As I’ve written about before, I had gone to the doctor for a regular checkup, and everything was fine. Then two weeks later, I had a dizzy spell, my blood pressure spiked, and it didn’t come down for three days, resulting in a trip to the ER and a follow up with my doctor. After numerous tests to determine if there was an underlying cause, and then a referral to a cardiologist, the cardiologist determined that there was no underlying cause, just a long family history of hypertension. Continue reading “A Healthy Heart”
This post appeared previously on February 28, 2021.
This devotion was originally published in The Heart Community Collection’s quarterly magazine earlier this month. Read all the inspiring and motivating stories here: