Greetings Dear Reader,
This exercise of capturing every thought, ebbs and flows in
successful application. The essence of
what we say and do flows from those thoughts, so capturing them is vital. If we are going to infuse faith into our
actions at any time, we must first bring faith into all of our thoughts.
In thinking through this, a scroll through some social media
posts might help us understand. As we
scroll, what we see coaxes a response from us.
It is our thinking and patterns of thought that inform those
responses. What we have trained
ourselves to think becomes what we express.
Infusing faith in our thinking can look like this then:
A friend posts about the terrible behavior of people at the
grocery store. Our thinking should be
prayer for that friend, pondering how we might help practically, and considering
in what ways the Father provides for our needs.
It is training the mind to love the Father first and then love your
friend because of that.
Someone puts up something unkind about someone else because
of an action judged socially wrong. Our minds
will try to judge as well. If we have
not trained our brains to love first, we cannot infuse our faith into the need
to be kind in every situation. It is our
obligation to refrain from negative judgments and condemnation. I must control every thought if I am going
to think well in this situation.
Worry and fear make their way to our feed inviting us to ignore
faith and join them. It is vital that we
use our faith to think through the fear.
It is not wrong to feel fear but it is always wrong to let the fear be
in control. When we think fearful thoughts,
we are wasting creativity. Instead, we
must recognize that our fear cannot do anything to change the situation. We must embrace thoughts that express faith
over fear and live them out.
Faith gives the mind clarity and freedom. It allows us to be shielded from the things
that would distract us. If we do not capture
our thoughts then we will be unable to resist the ones that are harmful to
us. We will develop dangerous patterns
of negativity that hurt us and those around us.
If we are going to infuse faith into this current distress,
we must do so by thinking well. Begin to
analyze the thoughts as they surface and see if they belong in your life, Dear
Reader. I am doing this as well. Together we can capture our thoughts and turn
them into a chance to live.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Every human story is part of the great story that leads
to the Father getting everything back to Good.
Contacts for Aramis
Thorn:
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Bookings: aramisthorn@aramisthorn.com
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