Guard them!  I could seriously leave this post right there and have still spoken the foundation of what I feel led to share today.  Guard your mind and thoughts ladies!  It is far too easy for us to let them get carried away.  

As women we have a tendency to read between the lines, or let our thoughts run rampant and grow.  Far too often we don’t hold them in check, then we’re left with a heap of rubble inside or out.  It is - in my opinion - most often the first place of attack by the enemy for women.  One little thought, one little nudge, one little crack in a normally healthy way of thinking can lead to something much more than we ever could have imagined.

Letting our mind run amuck is - again, in my opinion - truly where many anxiety and stress issues begin. In Psalm 55 the second half of verse 2 and the first half of verse 3 says: “My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught at the voice of the enemy.”  The Bible even mentions that Daniel’s “thoughts terrified him” (Daniel 4:19 and 7:28).  Obviously this is not a new idea by any means.

How are you today?  Does your mind need to be restored and refreshed with a new and purer perspective? I don’t even want to begin to think how many days I have begun - or ended - with a “messed up” thought life.  Maybe I’m the only one, but there are days when the events all seem to build until at the end of the day I am left with a mountain of rubble to sort through. 

As a mom there are so many more things that add to this!  Some of the less than positive conversations, a situation with a child that I would rather not have had - suddenly reappear in my mind at the end of the day only to be met by a tired and half-rational thought process that blows everything out of proportion.   Also be very careful what you allow into your mind through movies, television, books and even inappropriate or insincere conversation.

~ “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” Phillipians 4:7

I am so very thankful that we can always go to God for renewal of mind and spirit, and most importantly for peace! 

~ “You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.” Psalm 139:2
~ “The mind of a sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace” Romans 8:6

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