thinking

It's been quite a while since I have posted on here. My life has been some what boring as of lately. Which I am not complaining because boring can be good. That generally means very little stress and not a whole lot to do. I have stayed busy, but not over the top busy like last school year. It's been pretty nice so far! Good start to my senior year.

So I woke up this morning with lots of thoughts going through my mind. You know how there are some mornings you wake up and your mind is blank. You can hardly think about anything and honestly you just think about rolling over and going back to sleep. Well that was not this morning. First I was thinking about some friends who I actually dreamed about. I don't remember what the dream was about, but I do remember they were in it. Of course as I always do when I think about someone intently that I don't always think about I began praying for them.

I continued to think. I thought about the money I have in my bank account (or the lack thereof!), I thought about Blake and his upcoming LSAT (prayed about that for a few minutes as well), I thought about my sweet little sister in China (more prayers), I thought about church this morning and what the message would be about. I thought about my family and when I'd be able to see them again. I thought about my cousins and how if I were still living with them I'd probably hear them playing at the moment (and actually that was unusual because I've been gone for over a month now and hadn't thought about that in a while!).

Anyways...I thought about other small and unimportant things as well. The list could go on and on. Basically the point I am trying to get at is......isn't it unusual when you stop and really think about the things you are thinking about?! I mean we live in a world with billions of people and right out side my window life is happening. Plants are growing, people are living and life moves on. But for about 20-30 minutes I am thinking and living inside my own head by myself, all alone. The Bible says that our sins go beyond our actions and the words that we say, but also the things that we think are sins if they are ungodly. God was a smart one when He made that point. :)

I leave you with this verse:

Philippians 4:8
"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."