so it's been a week.
a lot can happen in a week...
i realized lately that we don't think often about what we say or what we do or even how we think. a topic can either be perfectly harmless or perfectly detrimental, and that depends entirely on which direction we take it.
a lot of times we take it the wrong direction for humorous purposes, without thinking about how far it could go. sometimes, it can be too late to go back.
Philippians 4:8 says to think on things that are lovely, good, pure, right, honorable, and worthy of praise. it is surprising how often we think about things outside of that criteria without even noticing it. i have found myself to be guilty of that, on more than one occasion.
sometimes i like to dwell on bad things, either things that i have done, or things that have happened to me. this is not a mindset that is healthy or helpful. i wonder often why i am not as close to God as i should be; but it was not until now that i saw that God cannot inhabit a mind that willingly hosts thoughts that create sin. we have to be willing to change our entire thought patterns.
King David asks God in the Psalms to create a clean heart in him. ( i couldn't find the reference or it would be in there... *sheepish grin*) i need to do the same, and i must ask Him to forgive me for not doing so sooner.
praise God for grace and forgiveness...
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What a sermon to hear today after that reflection, huh? God's good isn't He?
yes it was, and yes He is.
Is she alive? Or has Colorado killed her?
(That last was from me... I thought the name would be Ivan, but it wasn't)
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