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The Marvelous Mind & Know your thoughts!

What is your mind and how do you know your thoughts?  Knowing what’s the function of your mind helps you to know your thoughts.  These are questions that will help you to overcome and become conscious of your thoughts.

Randomly letting your mind wander in any and every direction can lead you down the negative paths of fear, anxiousness, and overthinking.  Then your mind will dwell there and finally produce depressing thoughts and emotions.

Knowing what’s on your mind is a way of recognizing the thinking and adjusting those thoughts in the onset.  It takes some practice but when we choose to refocus on healthy, positive or uplifting things redirecting becomes a habit.

For example, last night I woke up four times and it took me longer than normal to go back to sleep.  As I laid there a strange thought about life and death came to my mind.  I started to think about our health, ages etc. and then I said to myself ‘wait a minute I’m not thinking this way.’  It left as quickly as it came.  Those weren’t my normal thoughts an enemy of my soul tried to make me fearful I refused it.  This is just a small example of how out of nowhere you can think thoughts that don’t originate in you and if they do you still can refuse those thoughts.

The mind consists in three functions “thinking, feeling and wanting” or another way to say it “thoughts, emotions and desires.”

Your thought, emotions and desires are connected.  When we know our thoughts and choose on what we want to think on we will begin to redirect our thoughts and emotions.  Over thinking, analyzing, turns into fretting and descends into emotions of distress, anxiousness, fear, unhappiness and depression etc.

The Bible teaches us to keep our mind on good things, pure things and good reports.

This Bible passage teaches us how to not be anxious.  Through prayer and thanksgiving give it over to God.  In Philippians 4:6-7 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be  made known to God; 7) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”   When we take these anxious, worrisome thoughts and give them and all the areas there concerning us to God His response is peace.  Only His peace can guard the heart and mind.  Jesus purchased peace for us, and peace of heart and mind is part of it.

I like how the Bible tells us how to apply it by thinking on these things in Philippians 4:8 states, “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praise worthy meditate on these things.”

Meditate here means just that, turn it around in your thoughts all these good things.

Another good scripture that I like to lean on is found in Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in You.”  Once again, a promise of perfect peace with a practical application.  I love how practical God is.

Why so we can have peace.  Peace on the inside with our thoughts/thinking, emotions/feelings and desires/wants.  Truly our minds are marvelous.

When we ‘know are thoughts’ we’re recognizing what we are thinking and then we will begin changing our wrong thinking quicker.

What does that mean to me this means when we recognize our thoughts and take accountability for them in our thinking, we can change how we’re thinking.  You have a choice on what you think on.

Rainy vs Sunny Days

Is there really a difference in rainy vs sunny days?  I believe the answer is yes and no.  Yes, rainy days are wet, cloudy and darker in color.  My grandmother would say “it’s dark and dreary outside today.”  I would think to myself I don’t see the dreary I just see wet.

Sunny days are drier, warmer and less cloudy.  But to me their just sunny.  Although there are some people emotionally affected by weather and there are some who are not.

I can clean in the rain as easy as sunny.  I will sing in the rain or sun too.  It’s about our mindsets.

I think it’s more about your thoughts on those days.  I choose to be thankful in the rain and in the sun.  The weather doesn’t determine my day.  My plans may have to change due to the weather, but it doesn’t have to cause me to change.  My attitude, outlook and emotions can be controlled by me.

My point is weather is always changing but I do not have to let it change me and neither do you.

So how do you not let it affect you?

One, speak the truth to your mind.  I choose to be happy rain or shine.  The truth is weather doesn’t define me.

Two, I can change a plan and do something else it is ok.

Thirdly, be open to change.  Find something else to do.

Dusty Ducts…

We were supposed to have our duct work cleaned today. What does that entail? They come in and clean out all the ducts and returns. Plus, it includes furnace cleaning. It leaves the home with fresh air to breathe  through your ducts.

But they couldn’t clean our ducts because there is mold in the crawl space. So now we must deal with the underlying problem before the ducts can be cleaned. 

As I ponder on this, I thought of how the mind and body are designed. The brain is fascinating how complex and intricate almost like a computer. The thoughts you think build or destroy your health.

I’m not an expert on the physiology of the human body. But the Bible tells us a lot about thoughts.  Proverbs says, “as a man thinks so is, he…” Isaiah 26:3 states, “You will keep him in perfect peace, who’s mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.”

Unchecked thoughts are like dust in the ducts it just builds up until it’s causing problems.

We are designed by God with a will to choose. You can choose which thoughts you will allow to stay, and which ones need to go. The choice is yours!  But when thoughts are left unchecked and their anxious, negative or fearful they build more of the same thoughts.

I want to grow my brains capacity and so can you. There are many things that help our brains. Just a few things healthy foods, exercises and learning something new help to grow a healthy brain. There are lots of other things too.

But you can start by changing your thoughts; the Bible clearly tells us how. In 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5- casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”

Strongholds are thought patterns that entrench in your mind trying to keep you blocked.  They become like and argument in your own head telling you why you can’t…

So, how do you change your thoughts?  First by cleaning out the anxious, negative and fearful thoughts. Tear them down using your will and in Jesus name refuse to allow them to stay.  Sometimes you may have to speak it out loud.

Secondly, by replacing those thoughts with positive, faith and uplifting scriptures and good thoughts. Such as God’s love, His peace, and  joy thoughts etc. Find a scripture that fits your situation and think on that.

2 Timothy 1:6  tells us fear isn’t from God.  Philippians chapter 3 is an excellent passage of scripture to help with anxiousness and thinking on good things. 

Positive thinking alone will not eradicate the anxious, negative or fearful thoughts. You will need to tear them down in Jesus name and replace them when it’s been a long habit. Sometimes forgiveness is necessary to start the process especially if your holding onto what someone has done or said to you. 

I believe once you begin to activate your will and choose your thoughts regularly you will see a difference in your mental outlook.

It is well…

Today was a good day. I found out my 25% of weight bearing on the ankle was more than the Physical Therapist’s. This explains the amount of pain I was in yesterday.

‘It is well with my soul.’  Is a title to a beautiful song that was written during tragedy.   But what does that mean and how can you say that in the midst of adversity or tragedy?

So first what is my soul? It is your mind, will and emotions. How can it be well with my mind, will and emotions? Especially in today’s world.

Your mind thinks, dreams and creates. Your emotions will follow your thoughts. But your will steers the mind. You can choose your thoughts or refuse thoughts.  I can choose to trust or worry. I can think on things that are good and lovely or negative and nasty. The choice is mine but remember as a person thinks the emotions will follow and soon if it’s not healthy thoughts it produces stress, fear and anxiousness. I can think on good things or bad the choice is mine as it is yours too.

The Bible states in Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, what ever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things.” The word of God gives us better things to mediate on. Meditate on those things not on bad, hard or fearful things.

Meditate means to mutter to oneself. Muttering is the things you are thinking on and revolving in your mind. I choose God’s word to think on especially if I can’t think of anything good in a situation.

I can say it is well with my soul even though my ankle’s hurt after PT.  Yes, ankles because my right is just as bad as the left was. Why can I say it is well? Because I choose to think on the good result in the end. It is one more step in my healing journey. God is working in me healing through this whole surgery-recovery process.

You may be in a healing journey also; it can be well with your soul too. As you choose to think on the good…