Food For Thought
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Read Psalm 139:1-5, 23-24.
“Mom, can we buy this cereal?” Stephanie asked, giggling at her mother’s raised eyebrow. “Just kidding, Mom,” she said. “I know this one has a ton of sugar.” She replaced it with a different kind. Then, with a grin, she parroted Mom’s often repeated words, “You are what you eat.” Mom smiled.
When they arrived home, Stephanie flipped on the radio and began humming the melody of a popular song. But Mom turned off the radio. “The words of that song encourage a life that isn’t pleasing to God,” she said.
“But it has a nice tune,” Stephanie protested.
“Listening to that kind of music is like eating food that isn’t good for us. Our minds eat up the words whether we pay attention to them or not,” Mom said.
As Stephanie helped her mom put away the groceries, she thought about how she often listened to the radio at Cheri’s house. She and Cheri were usually doing something else while they listened, but she could still sing all the words to the songs they heard.
“We are what we think about,” said Mom. “We need to fill our minds with thoughts that are pleasing to God so we’ll grow spiritually.”
Stephanie put the box of cereal she had chosen in the cupboard. “From now on I’ll choose music like I choose cereal,” she decided.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Do you listen to certain kinds of music or do anything else that encourages an unchristian way of life? What you hear or look at gets into your mind whether you are aware of it or not. God is pleased when you focus on things that help you grow spiritually.
TO MEMORIZE:
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say, “This is what the LORD says to the people of Israel: . . . I know every thought that comes into your minds.”
Ezekiel 11:5
FEED YOUR MIND GOOD THOUGHTS.
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