Tag: control your mind

Clogged Wells and Rabbit Trails

Jennifred Jones

Our mind is like a well, where come thoughts of many kinds.  If it becomes clogged it doesn’t work as it was originally designed.

One way the well becomes clogged is filling it with all kinds of ‘interesting’, yet worthless, futile, unsolvable, negative thoughts about things not even pertaining to us.

This has been me too often. I get stuck on rabbit trails chasing one thought after the next, running down one hole, up the other side, across the field, over the log, and down another hole until I realize what is happening. Before I know it my mind is consumed by all kinds of thoughts — off track from what I originally began to think!!!… this interesting uTube video leads to that interesting uTube, this link leads to that link….HELP!!!

Thinking can be such a battle sometimes!

You get going in the right direction, minding your own business and you’re ambushed from the side with a thought you didn’t see coming…you should’ve let it go right on over….but no, it might be a thought we need to think about…quickly of course…just in case…and before you know it the rabbit trail trick is upon us!

Our mind is clogged through the crisscross of Peter Rabbit trails.

Fortunately, although difficult and seemingly impossible at times, we still have control of our minds.

We get to choose what to think about. It boils down to where we decide to focus.

Let’s scare off the rabbit thoughts trying to eat up our fresh green ideas, while dragging us through their dark winding tunnels!

Today, right now, I choose not to follow that little bunny down his trail.

FREEDOM

Jennifred Jones

Today I was privileged to watch part of  the ceremony for Hungary’s National Day in Budapest. Hungary was founded August 20th 1000AD by St. Stephen. As they sang their national anthem the guardsmen slowly, reverently raised their flag up the tall gray pole. The rain was coming down steadily, but that stopped no one from joining in the celebration of their freedom. The band played and the people sang while the guards watched as the flag was unfurled. Umbrellas of every size and color dotted the crowds who watched from the grounds. The verdant grass contrasted its green life against the red, white and green color stripes of Hungary’s flag.

Freedom. What a privilege. What a responsibility.

As I thought about their freedom and the freedom sought in many lands around the world today that freedom is available to anyone, anywhere, anytime. God said, “Whom the Son sets free is free indeed!”

Yes, we can have that freedom if we choose and if we cultivate it. Freedom begins not in a certain land or place; it begins first in our heart. It begins with a simple choice. “I believe.” Our greatest bondages are in our mind and Jesus came to free us of everyone of them—big or small. God said He would give us a new mind and a new heart when we come to Him, but now we must keep it renewed daily, sometimes minute by minute, as our greatest enemy, the devil, tries to take over our thoughts and bring us back into his bondage. Jesus gives us freedom no matter where we live and no matter what circumstance we find ourselves in. He is our great deliverer. This is our privilege in Christ.

It is also our responsibility, because we and we alone have control over our minds. God will not force us to think a certain way and the devil is constantly barraging our minds with thoughts of hate, anger, destruction, doubt, fear, guilt, inferiority, unworthiness, but God said we are to bring those thoughts to Him and cast them down. In other words, flatly refuse to think on them. Yes we do have a choice, to think on the bad and the negative, or to think on the good and the positive. We choose. God wants to help us. We tend to think we’re helpless and too far gone. No, that too is a lie. Jesus is there to help us and gives us His power to overcome those thoughts.

If we are free in our minds we can be free in our bodies. Freedom does begin first on the inside. I believe all men and women really do want to be free, but there is a cost. True freedom is found only in Jesus Christ, and He paid the cost that we couldn’t. All He says we need to do is believe and follow Him.

And His truth shall make you free!