Gardens along the way...34...my mind...

Gardens along the way...34...my mind...

On a beautiful fall day, walking my pathways through the fallen leaves....stepping sometimes from one fallen leaf  to another...crunching, crunching, crunching...(there is a certain amount satisfaction of crunching leaves), enjoying the weather, to colors, the people, the changing seasons...my mind wandering from thought to thought, sometimes rejoicing to deep contemplation to fears to worries to prayers...a wide spectrum of subjects...and around ....putting fears and worries in God’s capable hands...

Taking captive those thoughts trying to think on the good...the positive...the pure...the right...the things I want to cultivate in my mind...praiseworthy ....

Finally, brothers and sisters, 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. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:8-9 

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:5 

In the garden of my mind, I want to “crunch” out those thoughts which hinder me, which lead me down wrong paths, which take away peace, which hurt others...

Then this morning I awoke to the following article,   “Okay, now I know why I was crunching those leaves yesterday...and need to put these words down “...another garden to cultivate...my mind ...cleaning, plowing, planting, sowing spiritual seeds...to reap a better harvest...thank YOU....

Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” 

I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” 

Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 

I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. 

With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 16:1-11 

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