As it has been well over a year since my last post, and I’ve come to realize that I haven’t been spending the time I needed…no, I haven’t been spending any time finding Him outside of my own mind. Which means — at least to me — that I haven’t been thinking very much.
The last year and a half has brought quite a few blessings — a new daughter, a continued healthy family, better personal health, and a promotion, to name a few — and I haven’t exactly done anything to thank Him for it in a meaningful, lasting way.
So the word that came to mind to research was thought. I thought this fitting as I feel I’m starting to actually do this again. Thought, according to Dictionary.com, has some of the following (interesting) meanings:
- mental activity
- a consideration or reflection
- intention, design, or purpose
These are interesting because if I haven’t been thinking for the past year (or more — and I truly don’t think that I have), then not only have I not reflected on happenings in my life, but I have also had no mental activity, no purpose. This troubles me, to say the least!
The Bible, in Proverbs 14:15, says, “A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.” In Chapter 21, Verse 29 of the same book, “A wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his ways.” So by not thinking, not only am I a simple person who doesn’t work towards following Him, I’m setting myself up for wickedness. Not the path I’m choosing, m’friends.
1 Corinthians 13:11 reads “When I was a child, I talked like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.” So, yet again, it is time for me to grow up and think.
