Thinking Truth

Philippians 4:8-9

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. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Good morning Zebras,

You might have noticed that I didn't write yesterday. God did not give me access to a computer so, as my sister said, I got a day off. But this morning I have a computer available and something God wants me to share so here goes.

Saturday at our Zebra meeting Dawn, my sister, said she hadn't looked at the verses about fearing God until right before the meeting but that she "had thought about it all month." Tuesday on the phone she told that "thinking" about the fear of God was why she was depressed.

My sister will tell you that she and I had different childhoods and I would agree. Neither one of them were good, but they weren't the same. When she thinks of "fear" and "father" she has a lot of bad memories. But God is not like our father and He is not defined by our experiences, He is defined by His Word.

All of us have past experiences that are bad and we all believe things that are not true. But the only way to correct wrong thinking is to replace it with truth. And the only way to do that is to read the Word of God.

Thinking about what you already know about a situation without making sure that it is true is a mistake. It will only depress you. What Dawn should have done, and she agrees, is to read what God says about fear and think about that.

Love,
Jill

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