Brains...we've all got them, believe it or not--and scientists allege that we use but 10 percent of their capacity! Now I am not a mathematician like my son, but if I am ACTIVELY using 10 percent of my brain, I believe that leaves 90 percent to go into hiding--four deep, dark places--to rot or, as I would suggest, to revolve--in fright, faith, failure or fun.
Don't get dizzy just thinking about it--we're going to DO something about it! Let's creatively explore our brain, a brain dig, unseen by the world below, but seen by the Lord above, who knows us far better than we know ourselves. A comforting--and scary thought--but come along. It could be the adventure that will save your life!
Dig 1 is in a place called GOOD--the fun and forget-me-not memories we cherish--happy experiences, pleasant relationships, memories that bring warm glows of love, joy and peace. A favorite place we love to visit!
For Dig 2, you'll need your flashlight here--it's called BAD, a dark, depressing place where no SONlight shines, where we recall the failures of our life, the down-times of our days, and the despair of our past. Move on--it's not a comfortable place to be! Surely it gets better than this.
STOP! Dig 3 is blocked off--no one has been here for years. It's called UGLY, a place of fright, a place where abuse, rape, incest, dark deeds are hidden even from our own view, a place that desperately needs God's revelation, His help and healing care.
Surely, the last dig will be better--and it is. It's called HOLY, a place of faith. It's the place where we find God, memories of our relationship with Him, a loving Father, who takes us by the hand, BACK to re-visit the other three digs--to reveal and remove the UGLY, to forgive and forget the BAD, to remold and renew the GOOD to HIS honor and praise. In Him and through Him, we will find peace.
Are you needing peace of mind today? A healing of memories, long forgotten, but stagnating in the dark places of your world? The HOLY ONE, God Himself, comes to you today, to gently reveal Himself in a new way, to take all those memories--the good, the bad, the ugly, and turn them into a HOLY PLACE where He resides and rules.
Let this Memorial Day USA become a memorial altar for you - wherever you live - as you surrender to Him all the hard places of your spirit, mind and soul. The HOLY GOD Himself waits to help--and HEAL--you this day!
Scripture: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee (Isaiah 26:3).
Prayer: "Lord, the dark places of my mind haunt me--nameless fears, private sins, failures and hurts too hard to speak--I can't forget! Lord, only in YOU will I find peace, and I, this day, surrender each memory to you. "Come fill my heart!" Cleanse, heal, restore, renew my mind and spirit and may it ever be covered by Your precious Blood, In Jesus Name, Amen."
Copyright 2001 by Peggie Bohanon, Springfield, MO. All rights reserved.
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Down the Path to the Well--a thought to remember along the way
