Are you LOST?

Lostness....people get lost all the time...in a new country, in an unfamiliar town...in a new school building...new office....

sometimes we get lost in our thoughts too....lost day dreaming....

Other times we lose our grip on our thoughts and emotions and our hearts...sometimes they start to run-off on their own.

Thoughts have a life of their own....you can't suppress a thought by thinking "I'm not goin to think about it"....cos when you say that...you are actually thinking about it....

other times we try to rationalise our thoughts....we reason and debate with ourselves.....but so hard to tell which way the internal debate will swing....

just like eating wrong food gives us a stomache ache....wrong thoughts can poison our minds....the only difference is that you can shut your mouth and not eat the junk, but it is rather difficult to shut your eyes and ears to the thoughts from outside...it could be the devil, it could be the TV or your friends...talking around you....it just seeps in....

The verse below gives an idea what we can do:
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

so we need to guard our hearts....how?

Phil 4 says:
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
 8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
so you see 3 things really:
1) No need to be anxious, TRUST God.
2) Guard your heart - what you see and hear
3) Replace your thoughts with the good stuff.

cheers =)