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Ridding Sour Thoughts

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Sour thoughts.  Ill feelings. Have you ever struggled with these?  There are days when they seem to invade your thinking.  Although you don’t want them there, they seem to come unannounced.  Not asking for your permission to be there, they come and tread upon the courts of your mind, disrupting your beautiful day.

When they step into your territory, what do you do?  Do you let them walk around freely, unhindered?  Or do you dismiss them and show them the way out?

Meandering about means they have a chance to muddy up the places marked with their footprints.  In their meandering, they can bring confusion, bitterness, hurt, and pain.  They can bring wrong assumptions that leave much devastation in their wake.  Continuing their journey in your space unleashed can quickly tear apart what took years of love and hard work to build.

But giving them the boot frees you from these radicals that just want to stir up strife in our homes and in our lives.  And the process the Apostle Paul gave us to do just that in and of itself, is not that complicated. 

His advice: “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” (Philippians 4:8). 

When it is peace that we want and not things that cause bitterness and strife, we have the choice to replace those sour thoughts with something lovely and beautiful.  We can make the decision within ourselves to not settle for something that puts in us and draws out of us things we do not want.

Take up these things of virtue and praise, and clothe your day in them.  Choose to be purposefully mindful of that which is good, making that which is bad and sour flee before you.

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“Now, When, and Then”

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He knows me now, He knew me when, and He knows me then. My friends, what great confidence is this that our God knows us so completely (Psalm 139:1-6)?

He sees what you face today. He saw your past days and the murky spots you have traveled through. And, He already has met your future. Nothing and no part of your life is hidden from the eyes of our great God (Hebrews 4:13).

Our past, our present, and our future are opened before Him, and so is His love for you. Through all that He knows of you, His love is still shining like a lighthouse, beckoning you and guiding you closer to the shores of His embrace, saying, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

Remember, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever,” (Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 22:13), and you are completely known and loved by Him.

Father God, thank You that You know me so well. Thank You, that Your love has not diminished in my life and that Your light still shines brightly for me. Help me, every day, to be reminded of this great grace and affection You have toward me. Through the storms, when I look up, I see You and You are drawing me near, allowing me to find shelter and refuge in You. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray, AMEN!

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