You know, I just love Joyce Meyers. She points out that our daily Battlefield is the Mind.
Joyce says, we are in control of our thoughts and we have to be watchful about what we allow ourselves to think moment to moment.
Last week as I pondered this notion I realized that over the past 50+ years I have gone through some terrible situations with loved ones getting hurt, getting turned down for opportunities, or loans, etc,... having people laugh at me, and more .....ALL IN MY MIND!
Why do we let our mind take us to the worst possible scenarios????......Why go to those thoughts that make us have hot flashes, blood pressure go up, heart pounded fast and more? WHY????
Then come to find out that our family is fine. We get the opportunity. We get the loan. And no one laughed at us!
Why on earth did I entertain in my mind the worst possible scenario.
(I know I am the only one who does this.)
Why couldn't I flip that and think the greatest possible scenario?
Because I did not choose to think deliberately.
I will think deliberately now. I control my thoughts. I know that God has good plans for my life.
(See Isaiah 55:8,9), so in order to walk with Him and experience His good plan for me, I must learn to think as He thinks(see Romans 12:2).
It is impossible to change my lives unless and until we change our thoughts.
I must Be vigilant on this side of fifty! I'll have more peace than ever before.
How about you? Want His peace? Let's say what He says about us and what we are to have in our lives.
Vickie
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