What's On Your Mind?
Let me just be transparent. My mind is always filled with all sorts of conversations - some great and honoring to God the Father; some not so great or honoring to God.
I replay a too brief discussion with my husband. I dwell on a brief encounter with a checkout clerk at the grocery. I try out possible phrases to use in a hard conversation with a friend. I mull over and over how to intervene when my children make poor choices. Sometimes I remember Scripture I read in my morning devotions and begin to pray. Sometimes I praise God when I look at stalwart flowers blooming in my windy, cold yard. Sometimes I ask God to pour His Spirit over a missionary friend halfway around the world. Right now I am asking God to give me insight and wisdom as I create this month's newsletter.
We struggle mightily to control and direct our thoughts, but it is difficult in our media-saturated world. I'm convinced that one of the key ways to grab hold of my mind's conversations and honor God is to put His Words in my mind. If you have been in Women in the Word this year, you are familiar with writing verses on a notecard and trying to memorize them.
May I encourage all of us to join in on this valuable practice. Start today. This is mind-changing.
- Pick a verse(s) you love.
- Write on a 3x5 card.
- Add small pictures near words.
- Read your verse 10 times.
- Say the reference before and after.
- Pray your verse.
- Do this every day for a week.
- Then try to say it without looking.
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