True, Noble, Right, Pure, Lovely, Admirable! Him!

A few days ago I wrote a small little post on here after reading Luke 5. I bring it up to you again cause when I asked my husband if he read it and whether he wanted to correct me on anything, he responded by asking if I had wrote it. 

Ladies, this could have gone totally bad. But I CHOSE to talk to him. I am not offended by his question. 

Yes, I did write the words typed here a few days ago. But I also confessed to him that it wasn't all just natural thoughts I came up with myself. I had read God's Word which had been hooked to a devotional and I was helping get my thoughts together to lead and teach a group of young girls in my house in a few days. I tell you all that to also say the words I typed were from my heart but fueled and created by God. Fueled by what I was reading.
Today as I sat reading in Psalms, I couldn't help but be reminded of our choice to sit in God's word. Our choice to have faith in His promises and precepts. Our choice to talk with Him. Which in turn brought to mind Philippians 4:4-9.
I could never have written what I wrote regarding Luke 5 without first choosing to believe and have faith in a God much bigger than me. A God whose ideas and thoughts far exceed my own. A God I may not fully understand but I fully have faith in. I could never have written what I wrote regarding Luke 5 without sitting first in God's Word and asking God for HIS wisdom while I do so. And Philippians 4 would never have entered my brain today without my previous experience in that book and the fact that I recall that verse to myself when I feel "astray". There is truth in the idea that we should store God's Word in our hearts. There is a wonder to why we memorize verses. There is amazement in renewing our minds.
There is a saying "we are what we eat". I know this is true as my physical body exhibits to all and my mirror exactly the "astray" way that I eat. But do you ever stop and think about how our spiritual body reflects "we are what we read". If I choose each day to sit in God's word and read books that reflect goodness from Him then my spiritual being is quick to recall His Wisdom when I feel "astray". My gentleness is evident. My anxiety shrinks back. My peace of God fills my heart and mind. I put into practice things that are noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. I think on those things. I recall those things. My mind is renewed. My spiritual body is strengthened with what I read. It's brought to the front. It's evident to all. And I want to bring God glory in all that I say, do and think. And His word feeds that desire in me. What I am reading matters! What my eyes take in matters! What my brain digests matters!
So, Friends, I reflect back to Psalm 119:176. I have strayed like a lost sheep many times. We all have. But we must not stay there. Choose Philippians 4:4-9. Our Great Shepherd seeks us! The Lord is near! Present your requests to God. There is freedom in thinking of such things. Remind yourself of who your God is and the power of Jesus' Name. For Jesus is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable. Think of Him!

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