April 11
Strong Thinking
There is a voice that says, “Do not be afraid.”
And another that says, “Always be afraid.”
One is strong,
One is wrong.
But two wrongs don’t make strong, do not be afraid.
Exodus 20:20 (NIV)
20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
April 8
Sucky Thinking
There was a mind that got sucked,
Thinking it was again mucked.
Despairing
Rehearing
A lie that was about to be plucked.
Yes the lie came again, “You are never going to do what you said you would.” Now the battle begins. “Oh, yes I am!!” So what if it takes me longer than I anticipated. So what if I get a little behind.
Well, I am a little more behind than I want to be. But I changed the tape in my mind and now it repeats, Do it! Do it now! The next step is to pluck out the lie that now can be stretched out to a day which then becomes two days and suddenly 32 days.
April 7
Loud Thinking
Thinking one day a thought to be silent,
It kept repeating and with no relent.
Good or bad,
Happy or sad,
Thoughts are as loud as words, what’s the intent?
I heard it said many years ago that thoughts are as loud as words in heaven. At some deep level we all may know that someone (for me it is surely GOD) is hearing all of our thoughts. Or at least in times of despair we are desperately wishing some higher power to hear our pleas.
When I was married I cried often for someone or something to rescue me. I can look back now and know God was with me. That didn’t mean I always made the right choice. In fact I messed up over and over. Now over 25 years have gone by and I have learned how vitally important it is to watch my thought life. Thoughts do carry energy and can instantly change a vibration. Have you ever gone into a room feeling great? ALIVE! You are ready to tackle any problem, ready to share something of great value and before you know it your elated feelings have been sucked into the vortex of a negative crowd? Or even one person who is so wrapped up in negativity you begin to spiral into total self-doubt?
It takes considerable power to stay in your own vibration. It all starts in the thought process. We used to call it getting pumped. That works for a short time. To stay deeply committed to your core values takes repetition and many experiences. My faith has been tested many times to believe in a God who is for me and not against me. My pattern of thinking is almost always the culprit. I know many more experiences to continually root out that culprit are coming. The sooner I recognize the “off thought” the better chances I have of staying positive and having better results in all areas of my life.
For me getting pumped is reading scripture, praying and hanging around with people who I know love me and I can trust them. It must be a continuous process because life will always be bringing situations and circumstances that demand my thoughts be right for the highest good of all mankind.
I am surely a work in progress. I know I will fail at times but I also know the failure will eventually bring forth an amazing discovery and success. I pray the same failure to success will come for you. Thinking great thoughts towards you!!
Psalm 139:2 World English Bible
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
April 6
Picture This
Thoughts of the mind tightly rolled up.
Like pictures that often pile up.
There they hide,
Suicide.
What thoughts for George wouldn’t let up?
GEORGE EASTMAN
George Eastman was an amazing inventive entrepreneur. He was born July 12th in 1854 in Waterville, New York. He was eight when his father suddenly died. His mother took in boarders to offset the loss and at 14 George quit school to make money for the family. One of his younger sisters contracted polio and became wheel chair bound and passed way at the age of sixteen.
His early career began as a messenger and office boy while he studied accounting at home. When he was 24 George planned a trip to Santo Domingo. A colleague suggested he document his trip so George purchased the equipment to take pictures. He never went but seeing how cumbersome the equipment was he began to research how taking pictures could be fun and easy for people. That led to a great venture and his own Company, the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company. His first camera was the Kodak. He eventually named his company Eastman Kodak. Their slogan was, “You press the button, we do the rest.”
George was a great inventor and philanthropist. Extremely generous, estimates are that George gave more than $100 million of his wealth for philanthropic causes.
George loved to ride his bike. Sadly he began to experience disabling pain in his back due to lumbar spinal stenosis. Becoming depressed from pain and difficulty walking George decided to take his life. He wrote a short note that said,
To my friends
My work is done
Why wait?
GE
Firing a shot into his heart George Eastman died on March 14 in 1932. He was 77 years old.
“The life of our communities in the future needs what our schools of music and of other fine arts can give them. It is necessary for people to have an interest in life outside their occupations.” – George Eastman
April 5
Fire Hose 666
Liar Liar, Pants on fire,
We shout O treacherous liar.
The saying goes,
No water hose,
Will quench hell’s eternal fire.
John 8:44 MSG
“If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”
April 3
Parakletos
There once was a parakletos, (an intercessor, consoler:–advocate, comforter)
Speaking on behalf of those,
Accused.
Refused.
Assaulted by blood thirsty foes.
Romans 8:34
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
