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Hey faith-based family and friends, blessings to you today. Hope this finds you well. I was mowing a yard last week and right before I began mowing I read my email and one of the emails that I received was maybe less than favorable and I noticed as I was mowing, you know, it's just so loud to even listen to music, I'm processing this email and I'm basically, I'm fuming to be honest. It's like I have a balloon in my head that are thoughts about it and I keep putting more and more air into it. I'm just inflating it. It's gonna explode. It's just causing pressure in my brain about my argument about why I'm right and why I should get my way and why this person's comment was wrong and I say that to say we settled the issue. I just assumed way too much instead of assuming the best and we just needed to communicate. There was actually no malintention at all but I say that to say this, the enemy knows how important our thought life is and I'm not trying to hyper spiritualize but it is a spiritual battle, literally a spiritual battle in our brains to keep our thoughts focused, to keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, to renew our minds with Scripture. It's incredible research in neuroplasticity over the last several years that when we think new thoughts and positive thoughts we actually physiologically alter our brain. We create healthier neural pathways. Isn't that amazing? By our thoughts we create healthier pathways in our brains. The Lord knew this all along but I say that just as we continue to renew our minds Romans 12 1 & 2 with his truth, with his Word to be transformed, conform more to the image of Christ. So I bless you today but I encourage you just to be mindful of what thoughts you're giving your attention to, of what thoughts are those like little balloon in your head are you inflating more and more and more. Let's not give the enemy any room. Let's not give the enemy a foothold at all. He knows that this is where the battle takes place, our thought life. Speak kindly of yourself, of others, fix your eyes and mind on the depth of Lord's love for you, that he's with you and he blesses us. He's working in our good even when we don't realize it. Blessings to you today.