What Are You Thinking About?

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Good morning ladies,

Women talk a lot, but they also think a lot, at least I do and the challenge is to make sure that what I am thinking is true.

Sometimes I am thinking about the future, about what will happen tomorrow or next week. Sometimes I am thinking about the past, what happened last Sunday or five years ago. And sometimes I am thinking about things that I just made up.

The problem with thinking about the future is that you have no idea what it holds. Only God knows the future. A lot of energy is wasted thinking about things that never happen.

The problem with thinking about the past is that your recollections are probably not accurate. Our memories are colored by the emotions involved in the event, so what we think happened may not even be true, plus memories seem to change over time.

And the problem with thinking about things you just made up, such as why your friend said or did something that offended you, is they are most often not true.

That is why God tells us what to think about. He knows if we are left to our own devices we will get ourselves into a mess.

We are supposed to think about things that are true, and the only thing that is always true is the Word of God. And we are supposed to think about things that are noble, praiseworthy and excellent.

We are not supposed to think about the wrongs that have been done to us or the fact that everyone takes us for granted.

So today when a thought enters your mind, before you let it stay there ask yourself “Is this true?” Not “Do I think it is true”, but “IS IT TRUE?” Then, if it is true, ask “Is it pure, lovely and noble?

And if it fails either test throw it out before it can cause you any harm.

Love,
Jill