dailydatewithgod

We think many things through the course of a day, actually within a given moment, millions of thoughts run through out heads.  So the idea of being thoughtful isn’t about the quantity of thoughts but the quality. It is about which thoughts we give power to.  Which thoughts will we allow to penetrate beyond our heads and carry into action?  We get to choose. Our brains will often latch on to certain thoughts that are familiar because the grooves in our are already fashioned for those. It does not have to create new circuitry to accommodate those thoughts.  It is however, the ones that have no groove yet that we want to pay close attention to.  I am not sure that the brain is a muscle but I would guess that when it does not make use of certain parts it will begin to weaken.  I plan on living to be at least 100 so I am going to need all the circuitry available to me.  This means creating new patterns.  Experience is what actually creates those new grooves.  However, my perception of those actions which create the experiences will get me there.  That is why I cannot always wait for my thinking .  I often have to just take the action and trust that all will turn out.  My blessed mind wants to figure everything out before it will take the first step because it is a safety measure.  My heart knows that it can trust my God so that no matter what happens I will be safe.  Thus the strife between the head and the heart ensues. If I take time daily to focus my thoughts on God.  On God’s love and care for me, on God’s thoughtfulness, then I can take action in my life based on that, not on fear.  Then I will experience things I have never experienced before and create new grooves in my brain.  Those new grooves open up avenues of possibility and the perception through which I see things broadens and deepens.  This is what it means to live abundantly. To go beyond what we perceive, to trust and know God.  My prayer for you today is that you take action, trust God, and create a new thought.  Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen