Thoughts, Plots and Other Dangerous Activities (standard:humor, 911 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 18 2016	Views/Reads: 1944/1414	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
When my thoughts focus on Christ, it lifts me above my circumstances.

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strangest of looks. I have seen strange looks from her, but this was 
the strangest. 

It shocked me back into reality and for a brief moment, I almost told
her what I was doing. I knew if I did that, I would be in deep trouble. 


Coming up with a fresh plot I simply said, “I'm just enjoying the
quietness of the morning.” 

“I think,” she said, “I'll come out and join you and together we can
enjoy the quietness of the morning.” 

All my thoughts and plots came to an abrupt end. 

Then she said, “I wonder why those birds over there on that fence are
looking this way and squawking?” 

For a moment I thought I would explain it to her, but then I figured out
she probably would not get the whole story. Or at least, she would 
wonder why in the world I was talking to birds. Then she would suggest 
that it was because I had a “birdbrain.” That suggestion has come up 
quite a few times. 

The apostle Paul stated it this way, “Casting down imaginations, and
every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and 
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 
Corinthians 10:5). 

When my thoughts focus on Christ, it lifts me above my circumstances. 


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