Garbage In, Garbage Out

As the short video above discusses, what we think about will dictate much of who we are. I once heard Tony Robbins discussing the time he attempted to drive a race car around the track. He said as he approached the wall, he could not help but look at it. As he came nearer to it, he felt he needed to look at it more. As a result of looking at the wall, he ended up hitting it because that is what he was focused on.

John Maxwell says you are a product of who you hang around with and the books you read. I agree with this is because who you are with and what you are reading will impact what you think about.

So, are you in a rut? If so, maybe you're thinking about the wrong things. Perhaps you need to evaluate who you are spending time with and what you are reading.

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.

Philippians 4:8

Think About Such Things

In my men's group this morning, we studied Philippians 4:4-9 and had an awesome discussion on the peace that God can bring to each of us if we do what He instructs us in those verses. In verse 8 of that passage we are told:

"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."

I thought about how appropriate that is coming in to this Memorial Day weekend. I think many of us (me included) think of this weekend as a great three-day weekend without really thinking about the meaning behind it. What a shame. We live in an incredible country which provides us so much freedom and I believe we as a society take that for granted. Most countries do not have the freedoms we do. And one of the main reasons we have this is because of the brave men and women who have sacrificed their blood, sweat, tears, and even their lives to protect our freedoms.

Now that truly is something that is noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy! So let's think about that and remember!