I spent some time on the phone with a dear friend recently, she’s a member of my tribe, one who truly speaks into my heart and life and lets me do the same for her. We were talking about the difficulty of living with intentionality in all things. We also touched on our thought lives – you know, the words we say to our selves that really guide our emotions and allow them to get away if we’re not careful. My friend told me that she has placed a post-it with a simple question in her kitchen to remind her of both these issues:
What is that to you?
It’s a question that begs to be answered all day, everyday and could be even further boiled down to: So what?
When fear pulls the very breath out of you regarding one of your children, what is that to you?
When the fog of doubt permeates the air regarding your spouse, what is that to you?
When that worn out message of ‘you’re not good enough’ invades your heart, what is that to you?
Each of us has a choice in what we do with these thoughts. We can allow them to slow us down or even paralyze us, or we can intentionally capture them, examine them and make a decision not to entertain them. I’m thankful for a friend who understands my heart, and can give me a reminder of the way I need to be thinking, because it dramatically affects the way I am living.
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.2 Corinthians 10:3-6
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Me and Dave were just talking about this over the weekend! Wow what a great reminder to me of the negative thoughts that come into my mind and how I have the choice to live it or give it away! God bless you always my friend!
Live it or give it away, I like that! Thanks, Friend!
Yes!
I noticed you had a pastor in charge of “Tribes” at Relevant. My occupation is full of “tribes”. I think a little heterogeneous-nous is a good thing. It’s so easy to carry around a lot of toxic thought by default without questioning where it comes from and should we continue to provide it shelter and nourishment instead of kicking it down the road.