"Parking my mind" on such things...

"Finally, 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."                                                         Philippians 4:8 A book I am reading right now suggested that it's too easy to "park our minds" on bad spots - to dwell, rehash, and wish things were different.  Instead, what if we "parked" our mind in a better spot?  How would our daily lives be different if we truly did focus on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy?  So I'm making a choice, this is an active state, it's not something that just happens or passively just happens to you, you have to make  an active choice to focus on "such things."  Unfortunately, it's so easy to focus on the bad spots, but it takes much more endurance, persistence, and strength to do the opposite -- but, it's worth the daily battle, I believe it. I feel I'm on the verge of some significant life changes, writing it here, causes me to be accountable...how it will look, I don't know.  Will I fail, yes I will.  Will there be grace, yes there will be, thank goodness.  I don't know how it will look, but I'm putting one step ahead of another, and asking God to show me how to be obedient in every area of my life, even down to what kind of food I eat, how I treat my body, and how I teach my children about these things.  I am thankful that Eric has bought into this too, because it's going to be much easier to make long term changes with his support as well. If you are interested in the book I am reading, it's called Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst.  She gives some pretty hefty challenges and is quite counter cultural to our diet crazed society, but it's one that is giving me freedom in how I think about food, and the choices I make everyday - and how this greatly impacts our spiritual vitality - our my connection to the Lord is greatly at stake if I don't start making these changes now. Click below to read and listen to a little bit about the book here: http://madetocrave.org/ Maybe you find yourself being stirred in your heart to think upon such things, I encourage you to get this book.  I tried reading this book last summer, but never caught on, quite honestly because I was too distracted, I had many excuses.  But, since doing this fast, and taking away some of those daily distractions of food choices and other distractions, I found myself actually hearing, actually listening to that still small voice within me, speaking truth and not lies.  There's a lot more work to be done, but I'm thankful for the journey, no matter how difficult it may become.  I have a choice, and my gut tells me I'm heading in the right direction, may this urge you to "park your mind on such things" as well... As always, thanks for stopping, Kendra