I am struggling lately with what's in my head. All too often I fail at taking ungodly thoughts captive and forcing them out of my mind. Instead I tend to take a little truth from a scenario and create this gigantic, complicated ordeal that most likely is not reality 99.9% of the time. To say this is a struggle of mine is a serious understatement. I'm in prayer over it, but it's still a large issue for me. Thoughts can weigh you down, make you so miserable, and even cause those around you to be miserable too. I know for a fact I've done this recently. It's so discouraging. Thankfully my loved ones are merciful and forgive me of this and move on. Oh how I long to be more like Jesus! The things that come out of my mouth are what's overflowing from my heart and many times I hate to see it. This is deeply rooted for me and therefore it's no quick fix. I desire to have a meek spirit about me like so many godly women do. But how do I get there?
Transform my mind, Lord. Transform me entirely. I am willing to do whatever it takes.
Me too... Lord help me. It seems, after reading some really discouraging stories dealing with adoption, I can't seem to get these fearful thoughts out of my mind. It is not what I want there. God can and will bring victory there if I allow him to! So I'm working on that.
ReplyDeleteUmmm yeah, add me to the list. I think it is a female thing. We have trained ourselves to be this way, for better and for worse. Sometimes I keep myself awake at night with just thoughts. Sometimes they are ones of worry and other times they are ones of prayer for those that need it. Regardless, it is all too easy to let thoughts run wild rather than captivating them as the Lord calls us to do. Thanks for the reminder.
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