I GET TO CHOOSE, NOT YOU, CARNAL MIND !!

That pesky negative thinking didn’t even bother knocking: it was right there to greet me with thoughts of anxiety and depression. But I had a comeback for it that sent it reeling: “No, I get to decide what makes me happy, and it ain’t you!”

Many of us approach prayer trying our level best to ignore a grocery list of things that ought to be fulfilled, put right or adjusted because we want to give God our full attention. We want to praise and thank God and try really hard to listen to Him. But that pesky list is still there – clamoring for our attention – while we’re begging God to help us with our list so we can get happy. Well, the demon that needs to be yanked out is the very one that equates happiness with the notion that anything at all needs to change.

“I’m putting you on notice, negative thinking, I get to choose where my peace of mind comes from, and it ain’t from you! No, I don’t NEED to always be able to see things my way. No, I don’t NEED him/her to call. No, I don’t NEED to finish that project. My God-given happiness is right here within me and that makes me immensely happy.”