Which would you prefer for a next-door neighbor: a person of excellent habits or a person with a good heart? 

Which would you prefer for a good friend: a person of excellent habits, or a person with a good heart? 

Which would you prefer for a husband or a wife: a person of excellent habits, or a person with a good heart? 

Which would you prefer for a child: a child with excellent habits, or a child with a good heart?

It is wonderful to have a neighbor who conscientiously cares for his property while respecting your property. 

It is wonderful to have a friend who always treats you with consideration. 

It is wonderful to be married to a husband who always is thoughtful and courteous, or to a wife who always is gracious in her comments and deeds. 

It is wonderful to have a son or daughter who shows respect and uses good manners.

As wonderful as those situations are, none of them compare to having a neighbor, a friend, a husband, a wife, a son, or a daughter with a good heart.

When you discuss good behavior, you are discussing the quality of a person’s self-control. When you discuss a good heart, you are discussing the quality of the person.

By Rev. David Chadwell.     Thanks to Istvan Szabo for the photo. 

Which do YOU prefer, good behavior or a good heart? 

I THANK GOD FOR PROTECTING ME FROM WHAT I THOUGHT I WANTED AND BLESSING ME WITH WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW I NEEDED!

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