Outta My Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-xtDMDx_Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

It's crazy how this song sums up how I've felt in the past.  I would always let my negative thoughts get the best of me.  They would start out small,  but soon expandem into a large gray storm cloud over my head,  and as a result life became joyless doom and gloom.  Sometimes our minds can be our own worst enemies!  Here's some fun science for the day!  When we have thoughts,  the neurons in our brain actually create pathways for those thoughts.  And the more we think certain thoughts,  the stronger these neural connections become.  So if we keep thinking negative thoughts,  the stronger those pathways and connections are and the easier it is to think negatively!  So now, I'm going to try to reconfigure my mind!!! I'm going to do my best to focus on the positive each and every day,  to strengthen those pathways, until those thoughts clear the dark clouds and finally reveal the sun.  And I'm going to give all my thoughts to God! After all,  who else has the power to transform and renew our minds? 

Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will.

This verse is so common and I've heard it a million times, but for some reason it never really sank in for me. I never realized how powerful this verse really is. It reveals that if we allow God to  renew and change our mindsets, the Holy Spirit can truly transform us in great and powerful ways

God also gave us the promise of fullness!  I realized that me walking around all sad each day was not normal.  Of course people have their good days and their bad days,  their ups and their downs.  But really,  each and every day can actually be FULL of joy,  peace,  and righteousness! 

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,  but righteousness,  peace,  and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I never knew that was possible, until recently,  thanks to Ally &  Paul:) But once we accept Christ,  we are automatically part of His kingdom,  and each day has this potential to be full of righteousness,  peace & and joy in the Holy Spirit!! Now that is a promise I am going to hold onto! I also never want to forget the joy of His salvation, because many times I do and just shove that thought and those feelings into a corner.  But no, I want it to be a new reality for me each and every day! I don't want to let the world take the one thing that makes life worth living and I don't want to satan distract me from the truth. Through Him I am made new; through Him I can fully live; through Him my shame and sin are gone; and through Him I am SAVED!!

Get me out of my mind
And into Your heart
- Anthem Lights