The Rabbit Hole
Don't worry everyone, I haven't gone hiatus again. (I'm not even sure if I used hiatus correctly in that sentence. Hopefully, I did.) My mom has been here for the past week and a half so I've been spending quality time with her. Currently, though, I'm at home by myself and I'm not really sure why. I have no idea where they ('they' being my mom and sisters) have gone and I'm not sure why they are out so long. In the meantime, I figured I'd write a little.
I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but some of the songs I most enjoy right now are all played on the radio. (Which I tend to view as the 'cheap stuff'.) I'm not as hipster as I think, I'm pretty mainstream after all, I suppose. I started to write that I haven't seen too many notable movies recently but then I remembered I have seen one I have to mention. It is called Memento. What the heck? I need to go back and watch that one or two more times to catch all that is going on. Quite the mind puzzle.
There's a thinking process I have I'd like to call 'going down the rabbit hole'. Some of you may immediately know what I mean by that. Others maybe not so much. Let me explain (or at least attempt to).
About a month and a half ago I was talking with a friend about life and decision, choices, God's will, etc. and she called me out for 'going down the rabbit hole'. (I am grateful to her for doing so.) By that she meant I was trying to find answers to questions (mainly God's will) that I need not know, will not understand, and should not waste life trying to find the answer. Basically, I was spiraling down an infinite abyss of which I could never find what I was seeking.
Who am I to know the mind of God? And who am I that He should make all His plans known to me? He does not owe me answers but graciously has given me those I need in His Written Word.
Lately, I am nearly constantly having a mindset in the rabbit hole. This is what I naturally do. In my flesh, it is how I am. To do otherwise is foreign to me...
I become so focused on seeking a right answer. Often presenting differing arguments to myself of different possibilities and going 'round and 'round and 'round in a never ending circle. (I owe another moment of gratitude to a dear mentor/trainer who showed me this.)
To bring myself out of this, I cannot do. Only by relying on God's provision to renew my mind, can I stop spiraling. He provides the end and oh, what a relief and burden that is lifted when I choose to walk in His way.
I'd challenge you to consider how sin has tainted the way you think. Please do not misunderstand me, for I know there are different ways people think and ways we process information that is in no way wrong. What I want you to consider is the things that get in the way of profitable thinking and your relationship with your Maker. (For you do have a Maker and I desperately hope you do know Him.)
Desiring answers to my questions more than desiring to know Christ and walk by faith with him, pridefully thinking God owes me all answers, and thinking myself in circles are a few of the many ways in my thinking that are unprofitable and hinder my relationship with God.
I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but some of the songs I most enjoy right now are all played on the radio. (Which I tend to view as the 'cheap stuff'.) I'm not as hipster as I think, I'm pretty mainstream after all, I suppose. I started to write that I haven't seen too many notable movies recently but then I remembered I have seen one I have to mention. It is called Memento. What the heck? I need to go back and watch that one or two more times to catch all that is going on. Quite the mind puzzle.
There's a thinking process I have I'd like to call 'going down the rabbit hole'. Some of you may immediately know what I mean by that. Others maybe not so much. Let me explain (or at least attempt to).
About a month and a half ago I was talking with a friend about life and decision, choices, God's will, etc. and she called me out for 'going down the rabbit hole'. (I am grateful to her for doing so.) By that she meant I was trying to find answers to questions (mainly God's will) that I need not know, will not understand, and should not waste life trying to find the answer. Basically, I was spiraling down an infinite abyss of which I could never find what I was seeking.
Who am I to know the mind of God? And who am I that He should make all His plans known to me? He does not owe me answers but graciously has given me those I need in His Written Word.
Lately, I am nearly constantly having a mindset in the rabbit hole. This is what I naturally do. In my flesh, it is how I am. To do otherwise is foreign to me...
I become so focused on seeking a right answer. Often presenting differing arguments to myself of different possibilities and going 'round and 'round and 'round in a never ending circle. (I owe another moment of gratitude to a dear mentor/trainer who showed me this.)
To bring myself out of this, I cannot do. Only by relying on God's provision to renew my mind, can I stop spiraling. He provides the end and oh, what a relief and burden that is lifted when I choose to walk in His way.
I'd challenge you to consider how sin has tainted the way you think. Please do not misunderstand me, for I know there are different ways people think and ways we process information that is in no way wrong. What I want you to consider is the things that get in the way of profitable thinking and your relationship with your Maker. (For you do have a Maker and I desperately hope you do know Him.)
Desiring answers to my questions more than desiring to know Christ and walk by faith with him, pridefully thinking God owes me all answers, and thinking myself in circles are a few of the many ways in my thinking that are unprofitable and hinder my relationship with God.
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