“Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts”

let heaven fill your thoughts
 
 
by Dona Hake
 
 

 

What a refreshing yet challenging scripture.  “Let heaven fill your thoughts…”    Does heaven fill your thoughts?   Sometimes it can be very hard to keep our minds full of heavenly thoughts because we are hit hard at times with the trials, sorrows, and challenges of this earth.    I have found myself praying more and reminding myself that I must keep myself permeated in His peace.   I find that all that is going on in the world can make my heart feel heavy at times, and I must purpose to keep my eyes on the One that said, “In this world there will be trials and tribulations.”  He also said that He will not forsake us, and day by day He proves to be faithful to those that He loves!

 
 
I can remember going to my front garden one day during a summer morning to photograph a stepping stone that laid among the colors of my beautiful flowers.   This morning it lays buried under the snow, but it always reminds me to look up and stay focused on the things that are really important.  My stepping stone says, 
 
 
“Set your mind on things above.”
 
 
 
 Today I encourage you to look up and also keep an eye on your heart within. Pray diligently, and guard that precious peace that is within you.  Keep check on your heart with the help of God to be diligent to do the things that really matter, and count as a good and profitable for His kingdom.
 
 
 

Colossians 3:2 (TLB)

 
“Let heaven fill your thoughts;
don’t spend your time worrying about things down here.”