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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What are you reading my mind? Wow, this is good!
Wow, interesting. I have to do a post it note at home and definitely at work. Good one 😦
🙂 <—this is what I meant
Absolutely! We all have invasive thoughts but its whether or not we let them rule us that counts. A tiny little saying I have is ” turn it around” ie turn the thought from good to bad, turn the evil to goodness; turn the fear to faith- it keeps me on the positive side when I remember to apply it. thanks for sharing.