Do you remember the parable of the sower? Jesus talked about the four places where seeds were scattered by a farmer. The first three didn't turn out very well...a path with no soil, rocky ground with little soil and a place where there was good soil but also a bunch of weeds. The fourth place was just right. The soil was fertile and the yields were thirty, sixty or a hundredfold. So, maybe you're asking, "I'm not a farmer, what does this have to do with me?" I beg to differ. You are a farmer. Every day you're planting thoughts in your brain, the thoughts that hopefully lead to longlasting habits that will sustain you for the rest of your life.
Think of your brain as a field where you're sowing your seeds. Your brain looks remarkably similar to the places where the ancient farmer in the Bible sowed his seeds. The place with no soil is where some of your thoughts go. They die because they can't take root. The rocky area is where your thoughts die because there's not enough soil and you don't tend to your thoughts long enough for them to grow. The area in your brain where your negative thoughts live is also the place with too many weeds for your seeds to live so they die. So, maybe you're curious about the fertile soil in your brain and you desire to sow your new habits there. It's great that you have a place in your brain where you can plant new thoughts but good soil is not enough for these thoughts to turn into habits. A wise farmer makes sure his thoughts get daily attention until it's harvest time. Do the same with your freshly planted habits. Stay with them day after day until they're so strong that your habits become you. By the way, it doesn't hurt to get farming tips from your Bible. Tending to your thoughts is a serious business and the Holy Spirit is your perfect guide for this. Have a great day.
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