Focus
I tend to get stuck on certain thoughts. If the thoughts are positive, that can be good. However, I have also gotten stuck on negative ideas. What we focus on makes a big difference.
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.”
Shepherd’s Note
Philippians 4:8 reads like a man choosing what gets through the door of his mind. Paul does not deny that ugly and frightening things exist; he was writing from prison. He simply refuses to let them set the furniture. What you dwell on becomes what you are full of, the way a room takes on the smell of whatever is cooked in it daily. True things, honorable things, lovely things are not decoration for people with easy lives. They are provisions for people in hard ones. Fill up on what is worthy of praise, and you will find your heart has less room left for the noise.
This post is part of a series about my beach encounters with GOD. Read from the Beginning >>