Thoughts

"Change your thoughts, change your world."

I saw that quote on a coffee mug today. If only we truly understood the power of our thoughts...

What's been filling your head??

Grab A Different Crayon

My kids are good at coloring "outside the box." They chose colors and techniques that a "knowledgeable adult" wouldn't use.

I have so much to learn from them.

I had this simple thought today: its not easy to stop doing what you've always done.

There is a reason why people generally stay the same. There is a reason why we love and good rags to riches story - someone defeats the odds and becomes something more than what anyone would have thought was possible. Because odds are, we generally stay the same... keep the same patterns of thinking as our parents, believing the same things we always have, doing the same things we always have done, staying the same person we have always been.

It's funny, change requires change. But that's easier said than done.

And it requires us to think outside the box we've always thought in, just like my kids wonderfully color outside the coloring box so to speak. A different picture requires different colors, just like a different life requires different thoughts, words, and actions.

So here's to change and thinking outside the box. Let's grab a different crayon to color with. Let's stop doing the same old thing and start doing something new. Let's do something different, think something different, something God-like, thereby coloring a heavenly picture with our lives.

Perfect Peace

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You keep him in perfect peace
   whose mind is stayed on you,
   because he trusts in you.
   Isaiah 26:3 ESV

It's one thing in life to stop being afraid. To root out the causes of fear in our life. But what then do we dwell on when we remove the fears that have gripped our thoughts on a daily basis?

Stay our minds on Him.

The Bible says, "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Not only do we need to turn from the thought patterns that produce sin in our lives (fear is one of many), we need to replace those former, earthly thoughts with heavenly thoughts that produce life.


Repentance is not just turning from something, but turning towards something. In this case, a new way of thinking.


This verse is a great reminder for me. I desire that perfect peace the Lord promises to those who "stay" their minds on Him.

I encourage you to desire and do the same.