Ok, another blog post today because I am being lazy and am not going to go edit the last one. I was taking the trash out, getting the mail, doing the (insert evening chores here) stuff I do about 4 nights ago I guess. I was thinking something to myself like "it never ends, my life is so crazy, there is too much to do, I'm a martyr blah, blah, blah" (man I hate writing that stuff down)
Well, as I was walking to the mailbox, I can remember where I was, and I was thinking all of these exhausted, frustrated, and despondent thoughts to myself the Lord suddenly broke into my thoughts and said "watch the internal conversation". Shocked, I realized I had this stream of thoughts flowing through my mind like a bubbling brook of frustration and I was totally believing and buying-in to those thoughts. I wasn't filtering and my thoughts were directing my mind into this negative, unthankful, untrusting, and really exaggerated direction. The Lord woke me up to this and I realized I have a choice of what I think about, what I believe about my circumstances, and the contents of my internal conversation.
The enemy would love to have me down in a ditch buying into this negative stream of thought and emotion. But Romans 8 talks about having our thoughts controlled or led by the Holy Spirit. It also talks about the mind of sinful man being death- its right because there was nothing life breathing about the thoughts I was having.
I need to submit to the Lord in my thoughts, beliefs, and watch the internal conversation.
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(side note- shout out to that big, loud, God-lovin' African American dude in that Dave Ramsey-lookin' suburban who I gave a thumbs-up to in Grapevine an hour ago when I saw his license plate said "God 1". Way to represent man-- I love your God reflection, much respect)
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