Negative Thinking

Thoughts are powerful.  So powerful in fact that the Bible talks a lot about our thought life.  One of my favorite verses, well actually is it half of a verse is 2 Corinthians 10:5b "we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."  Another great verse is Phillipians 4:8 "Finally brothers, 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."  These verses help to remind me that my thoughts can sometimes be my enemy but I can control my thoughts.  I bring up this subject because I think as wives and mothers we often beat ourselves up and let our thoughts run away with us.  We think that we are not good enough, or that we are bad moms, or that we are not sexy.  Then we let our thoughts start messing with our relationships.  We read things into what our husbands say that isn't there.  We think he is mad at us, or disappointed in us when he hasn't really said anything at all related to that.  These thoughts are not true and are so destructive.  We need to challenge these thoughts, test them.  We need to remind ourselves of the good that is in us and the good that is all around us.  We need to take these thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ.