Not Letting Your Mind Go There

We all have a choice to make. A battle of the mind. To fill it with truth or to fill it with worry.

It is a daily battle for each and every one of us.

These past few weeks, in thinking about open heart surgery, I at times found my mind going in directions it shouldn’t. I let my mind go there. Wondering what if I didn’t make it through surgery? Wondering what if I will have complications? Wondering if Mazy will struggle? Wondering how difficult recovery will be? After sharing my concern about having complications with a friend, she reminded me to not even let my mind go there.

And that is a truth I have been holding onto ever since.

What are you letting your mind think about, that it shouldn’t? God doesn’t want us living in fear. God doesn’t want us living in worry. Yes, we know things about our futures that can easily cause worry. A job interview. A financial situation. A medical procedure. A relationship. But when we let our minds wander and wonder, wondering about all the “what ifs,” we are allowing the enemy to enter in, while closing the door on God’s peace and providence.

When I look back at how God has lined up everything JUST right, I can’t help but think “okay God, you’ve got this. From the beginning, to the end.” I wouldn’t say that knowing what’s ahead is a good thing, having gone through it before, but at least I know what to expect. And honestly, it makes me want to conquer it even more. Done it once, want to conquer it again.

And little does our surgeon know that God is using him to bring out confidence in us as well, going into Friday. When we talked about if we should have a plan B, he said there was no need for a plan B because he WILL fix my valves. Okay! When talking about risks, he said fully confident, that with me being his daughter’s age, that he’d drag me up to the operating room and perform the surgery right then and there, to make sure I could go on to live a normal life. No reason to let our minds wonder if I will be okay. It’s in and has been, in God’s hands.

In thinking about how I want to spend the week before surgery, I want to spend it no differently than I would if I didn’t have surgery. Yes, I want to value what we value. Faith, family, and friends. But no reason to wonder and let my mind wonder if everything will be okay. It will. Because God’s in control, no matter WHAT happens. No matter what happens, nothing will happen out of His knowledge, His allowing, and His care. Okay, I fully admit I am giving myself a pep talk! Gotta do whatchyou gotta do, right?

So whatever you may be going through in life, protect your mind and live in God’s truth. It’s hard. It’s a daily battle and it’s a daily choice. Keep me accountable, please! God’s truth is worth far more than worry!