Well, the best thing I can say right now is that as I begin this entry, thought is on my mind. No, you read that right... I'm thinking about thoughts. Strange, I know - however, hear me out.
How often do you have thoughts that seem to make no sense or come from no where? Recently, for me, it's been Chicago. Now, I don't really know much about Chicago, but it's been echoing in my head for about three weeks now. I admitted this to someone today, and they seemed to understand my confusion about the sudden intensity of these random thoughts. She told me how she had been walking the other day, and wondered what would happen if someone close to her died. How she would feel, what she would need to be comforted and things of that nature. After a moment of thought on the subject she suddenly began to wonder why am I thinking this?! ... The next day her good friend's grandmother died. She took what she had thought about the day before and applied it.
How convenient.
Another example: A co-worker came to our staff meeting yesterday, and with her brought a Boston Creme Pie (mmm). She wouldn't let us cut into it until she told the story of said cake. Turns out that through the day she had had a fierce desire to simply go buy a cake (which apparently is very much unlike her). So, shortly before our meeting she drove out to Ingles and while there a woman approached her with a loaf of bread and bologna in her hand.
Because of her seemingly random thought to go buy a cake, my friend was able to help a woman in need and provide her food for a while and show God's love in a very simple way.
What if we paid attention to every seemingly random thought, whether about death, dessert or cities? How is God trying to communicate with us? What is he trying to accomplish? How much smoother would it go if we listened?
So like I said... thoughts have been on my mind... wondering about His thoughts, His plans and His goals that we miss out on because we don't pay attention...
How often do you have thoughts that seem to make no sense or come from no where? Recently, for me, it's been Chicago. Now, I don't really know much about Chicago, but it's been echoing in my head for about three weeks now. I admitted this to someone today, and they seemed to understand my confusion about the sudden intensity of these random thoughts. She told me how she had been walking the other day, and wondered what would happen if someone close to her died. How she would feel, what she would need to be comforted and things of that nature. After a moment of thought on the subject she suddenly began to wonder why am I thinking this?! ... The next day her good friend's grandmother died. She took what she had thought about the day before and applied it.
How convenient.
Another example: A co-worker came to our staff meeting yesterday, and with her brought a Boston Creme Pie (mmm). She wouldn't let us cut into it until she told the story of said cake. Turns out that through the day she had had a fierce desire to simply go buy a cake (which apparently is very much unlike her). So, shortly before our meeting she drove out to Ingles and while there a woman approached her with a loaf of bread and bologna in her hand.
Because of her seemingly random thought to go buy a cake, my friend was able to help a woman in need and provide her food for a while and show God's love in a very simple way.
What if we paid attention to every seemingly random thought, whether about death, dessert or cities? How is God trying to communicate with us? What is he trying to accomplish? How much smoother would it go if we listened?
So like I said... thoughts have been on my mind... wondering about His thoughts, His plans and His goals that we miss out on because we don't pay attention...
Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked does not seek him;
in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
Is there room for God in your thoughts?
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