The Sum of Our Thoughts

Lately, I’ve been thinking things that I’m not actually thinking.

Like maybe my daughter upsets me about something and the thoughts, “she’ll never change,” and “she’ll always be this way” pop into my head.

And then God asks me:

“Who are you really thinking about here?”

And I have to come to the truth: myself.

Knowing the cycle of circular thoughts, being aware of how the flesh desires to suck you in and then spit you out is helpful in renewing your mind.

It’s one of those obvious things, but unless it’s a pattern of lived experience, it flutters away pretty quickly.

And how often do we forget the autonomy God has given us to control ourselves, including everything that worms its way into our heads?

I just feel like someone out there needed to hear this (other than me lol), because we are always more than the sum of our thoughts.