well, i've been working on the Lovely Challenge (described below) for almost a week... and i can't seem to get it together! i find it shocking how just controlling ONE aspect of my own thought process could be so difficult and seemingly impossible! it just shows me the sober reality of the state of my heart - born into evil, in need of Jesus' cleansing.
one good aspect of focusing on this, however, is that i am becoming more aware of my ugly thoughts, which i hope is the first step to removing them... next step, praying for His power to reject those thoughts.
and another verse to consider:
Philippians 2:14-15 "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe..."
i wanna shine like a star...
You do.
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