Hold Fast in Hard Times — Stay on Message (Day 2)

 

Yesterday, I fought a battle with my cell phone.   I was sitting in my car in a parking lot waiting, so I decided to clean out my voice messages.   I pressed the delete button, and then I went to the trash bin and deleted the message yet again.  My inbox was now uncluttered and under control.

At least I thought it was gone.  Until a few minutes later, I heard a ding and looked down to see the same deleted message resurface.

So, I deleted it again.  And again.  And again.

I kept pushing delete, but the pesky message kept coming back to life.

Later that evening, I thought about all of the mental messages that try to clutter up my mind.  I wish I could permanently delete them from my memory, but negative thoughts always seem to resurface.

Rather than waging a battle with the delete button, I need to focus on my voice message.  When stinking thinking comes calling, I need to stay on message.  I need to play back the promises and turn up the volume on what I know is true.

 For God has not given us a spirit of fear,

but of power and of love and of a sound mind…

Hold fast the pattern of sound words

which you have heard from me,

in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

II Timothy 1: 7, 13 (NKJV)

Something to think about…

 

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