As I was rummaging through my closet today looking for a Spring-like outfit to wear, I was reminded of my blog post on our "thought closets". It made me stop and ponder on what I was REALLY preparing to wear..and boy do I have some work to do! Enjoy this mid-week repeat!
Hey Friends ~
What thoughts have been rolling around in your mind these days??
A Bible study I'm studying by Jennifer Rothschild (Me, Myself, & Lies - it's awesome!) encourages us to think of our thought life like a closet.
Our thought closet is designed to host the mind of Christ.
We cannot allow it to become cluttered with wrong thoughts or words or ill-fitting labels.
What's hanging in your closet??
For many years, my closet was filled with rags and hand-me-downs labeled "Not good enough", "Unloved", "Rejected".
And then I met Jesus. (Can I get a "Woo Hoo"?!)
Jesus ripped down the old rags (that were never meant for me to wear), and exchanged them for beautiful, glorious garments perfectly designed and hand-crafted just for me.
"Loved", "Beautiful in His Sight", "More than enough", "Redeemed" now hung in my new and improved thought closet.
Unfortunately, every once in awhile, I pick up an old rag and bring it in. I walk past a magazine with a mom of 8 kids in a bikini on the cover (although she had a tummy tuck!) and add "fat girl" and "unlovely" to my closet.
I flip through Pottery Barn catalogs, and suddenly "not good enough" becomes wrapped tightly around my waist.
I see pictures on FB of friends hanging out together, and I slip on "alone", "not wanted", "not loved".
If I'm going to be the victorious, powerful, fruit-bearing woman God has called me to be ~
I must not allow that old rag to hang in my closet for even a moment.
One smelly lie can start stinkin' up my whole thought closet. It must be removed. Confessed. Replaced with God's Truth. Immediately.
Today I choose to fill my thought closet only with Truth.
I will meditate on Colossians 3:12 and clothe myself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
I will live on guard to the enemy and his schemes.
I will ask God to help me keep my thought closet clean and orderly and pleasing to Him.
I will live loved.
How about for you?? Are there any old "rags" hanging around that need to be tossed out?
Is it time for a new garment....or maybe a whole new wardrobe? What's in your thought closet these days??
Thanks for stopping by *She Sparkles*! Have an amazing, liberating, Truth-filled day!
P.S. One of my most popular handouts is called "What is True to Me According to the Scriptures". My mentor Mary gave it to me years ago, and I try to pass it out every where I go. May I send you a copy? Please leave me your email address, and I will be sure to digitally send a copy your way!
