Written by Sue Sanders
“There is an old saying that if you can worry, you can meditate. Meditating is simply turning a thought over and over in your mind. As you do that, neurons are firing and your brain is rewiring” (Ortberg 103).
I need to rewire my brain. Paul instructed us in Philippians 4:8, “ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Ortberg suggests that as we think on these things, we open up our minds a bit to the flow of the Holy Spirit (104).
My daughter Beth and her husband Mike are buying the property that was my parents’ from me and my brother. The wiring is old, and Sunday the breaker box completely died. The news that the antiquated box could not be repaired hit Beth and Mike’s ears like a tidal wave. Now the entire house has to be rewired and brought up to code—a costly expenditure that they cannot afford. Mike’s father is a retired electrician, so he is assisting in the rewiring. The old will be replaced with the new—a tedious, laborious job. Progress is slow because Mike’s father lives a couple of hours away and cannot be here daily until the job is completed. Just as the rewiring of this home will take much time and much effort, so does the rewiring of my brain to think new thoughts. Rewiring is hard work!
Eventually, the wiring will be completed in Beth and Mike’s home, but the rewiring of my brain is an ongoing process accomplished only as I surrender to the flow of the Holy Spirit. I don’t need a tsunami, but I need a mighty wave of the Holy Spirit flooding my soul and transforming my mind. (Nov. 4, 2014)
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