Be Careful What You Speak...

Hello!

It seems like time is moving at a relentless pace these days but, after last week's slump towards the end of the week, I can safely say that the slide is now arrested thanks to some careful monitoring of thoughts along with some excellent preaching from Ps. Sophia yesterday at church.

This is why, today, I want to take a look at something that people often talk about but might rarely actually put into practice and that is our thoughts and how we can be damaged by them.

Are we allowing our thoughts to run away with themselves & thus define who we are becoming...?

You Just Might Get What You Wished For

It's quite a potent one to start with but after last Saturday, I am in a state of amazement from what Ps. Sophia said when questioning our default "resting" position for our thoughts. I mean, sure, life runs at a chaotic pace most times and snatching five minutes here and there is all most of us can do to break away from it all.

But what of those thoughts that are coming to us when we have time to kill?

Are they helpful? Uplifting?

Or are they negative? Defeating?

I'm going to quote scripture here, because there's something I want you to notice: -

For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7 (KJV)

What are you thinking about then?

Are you thinking that you're sad, lonely, depressed?

Or are you thinking that you're happy, victorious & a conqueror?

Let's go back to scripture: -

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 (NKJV)

So my question to you today is that if it is the former thoughts you're having, about being sad, lonely, depressed, then you need to combat those with what scripture says.

I mean, sure, I'm talking an awful lot on here, going against what I said a while ago, about my crush on the most amazingly beautiful young lady I have ever seen. The reality, though, is that in general I have my perspective straight in that if anything is to happen, it will happen in God's time and on His schedule and not my own.

Sure, I talk about finding it hard to even approach her, harder than I've ever found it with any other girl I might have liked or thought I liked. Again, the reality is that God knew that this would happen, that I would see her almost two years ago and feel the way that I do as time has gone on.

Now, going forward, I could either let myself  be consumed by this (ED - believe you me, that's why he fired me the last time; he couldn't hack how much it really affected him!), or I could just accept it as one of those things and carry on regardless heading towards my destiny.

If it gets in the way of my destiny, it's got in the way of God and that is a biiig no-no!

Final Thought

In closing then, let me tell you that as much as I realised my default resting pattern was one of wondering when & if I'd ever talk to her again, despite spending a lovely time with her and a few others playing Scrabble last summer. I knew that God could still work through this and that there was a true purpose to my shyness around her.

If you are still reading this then know that I never meant for this to happen this way, I just... it just... it just happened!

I'm coming, just know that every day that goes past, I'm still on my way to telling you how I feel.

Just not yet, okay? It's not the right time but it will be soon, okay, hon'? ;-)

Peace!