It’s early morning. My coffee pot is dripping and the iron is warming up. Soon I will be heading out for a full day of adventure (more details to come…). But before I get dressed, today, once again, I am making a conscious decision to be intentional with every thought I allow in my mind.

Jennifer Rothschild’s Bible study Me, Myself, and Lies (it’s awesome!) encourages us to think of our thought life like a closet. And our thought closet is designed to host the mind of Christ. We cannot allow it to become cluttered with wrong thoughts or words or ill-fitting labels.

So, what’s hanging in your closet??

For many years, my closet was filled with rags and hand-me-downs labeled “Not good enough”, “Unloved”, “Rejected”. And then I met Jesus. He ripped down the old rags (that were never meant for me to wear), and traded them for beautiful, glorious garments designed just for me. “Loved”, “Beautiful in His Sight”, “More than enough”, “Redeemed” now hung in my new and improved thought closet.

Unfortunately, every once in awhile, I pick up an old rag and bring it in. I walk past a magazine with a mom of 8 in a bikini on the cover (although she had a tummy tuck!) and add “not good enough” and “unlovely” to my closet.

When did I start allowing the world’s standards to define who I am??

I must not allow that old rag to hang in my closet for even a moment. One smelly lie can start stinkin’ up my whole thought closet. It must be removed. Confessed. And replaced with God’s Truth.

Today I choose to fill my thought closet only with Truth. I will meditate on Colossians 3:12 and clothe myself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. I will live on guard to the enemy and his schemes. I will ask God to help me keep my thought closet clean and orderly and pleasing to Him.

How about for you?? Are there any old rags hanging in your thought closet that need to be tossed out? Is it time for a new garment….or maybe a whole new wardrobe? What’s hanging in your closet these days??

Let’s pray…Oh Lord, please give us the mind of Christ. Help us to meditate only on Truth…the Truth of Who You are and the Truth of who we are in You. Reveal to us any old rags need to tossed out and fill our closets only with Truth. Protect us from the lies of this world and keep our eyes focused only on You. In Your Strong Name I pray. Amen 🙂

Thanks for stopping by *She Sparkles*! Have a wonderful, Word-filled day!!

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