Protecting Your Heart

I’m still sick! But I just had a breakthrough with God. As I was praying, in my mind, I suddenly saw myself holding a steel plate over my heart and then lower it down. I’ve been protecting my heart from God with that steel plate ever since February! And now I am free to experience intimacy with God again. It is WONDERFUL. Do you experience the joy of intimacy with God? If not, what is protecting your heart?