When I first thought of you, I thought of how much I would love you and watch over you.  I thought of the plans that I had for you and how you would fit in the earth at this time and in this place. 

When I first thought of you, I thought of how you would be able to reflect my love and beauty to others.  I thought of the children I would give you and how they would reflect Me in the earth.  I thought of your spouse and how I would have Him take care of you and love you. 

When I first thought of you, I saw your heart that would be pliable in My hand.  I saw how the difficult places I would have to take you would actually help to form you into My likeness.  I saw the times of your weeping and I wept with you.  I saw the times of your celebrations and I danced with you.  I saw the times of your sorrows and I held you. 

When I first thought of you, I thought of the gifts I would give you.  Gifts that would be just right for you.  I gave you a specific personality.  I gave you a personality that would reflect an aspect of Me.  When I thought of you, I thought how worth it, it would be to have My Son die for you and redeem your life back to Me.  I saw your wanderings and questionings and I smiled.....because I am keeping you safe in my arms, no matter what.  When your whole life was laid before Me, valleys and mountaintops, I smiled.  For you have chosen to keep walking with Me no matter what.  I saw you in times when you didn't quite understand Me and My ways, but you continued the walk.  You continued to invite Me to speak and lead. 

When I first thought of you, I saw how your faith in Me would keep you.  I saw you trusting when there was no real evidence that I was close.  And I smiled.

When I first thought of you, I saw how we would be partners in the earth.  I saw how we could love others with no strings attached.  I saw how we could walk down the path and converse and laugh as we went along.  I saw times when I could just touch you so deeply that you would never doubt My existence.

I am pleased.  I am happy that I created you.  The race will end one day and you will cross the finish line.  But until that day comes, I wanted you to know these things and to hold them close in your heart.  When you think of Me, remember that I am with you always, even to the end and beyond.

(photo taken by Christy)

"Summing it all up, friends,

I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things

true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst;

the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse." 

Philippians 4:8 The Message

*********

The word "think" in the Greek is the word "logizomai".  It means things like compute, calculate, meditate on, decide, judge or reason.

How I think about a certain thing or person is how I will judge that thing or person.  God is very specific about how He wants us to think about everything!!  We should be very careful in our thought life.

How easy is it to think the worst!  How easy is it to be more attracted to the ugly rather than the beautiful.  My flesh nature thrives on what is false. 

When I marinate in what is bad, the result will always be bad.  When I marinate on what is good, the result will always be good!  When I soak in my thought life on things that God tells me to, I can only reap a good harvest from it.

It's very simple.

The next time I am faced with a choice on how I will view and calculate a situation or a person, I must listen to the Holy Spirit.  I must not be quick to think the worst and the ugly.  In doing so I will grieve the Holy Spirit once again and help to build a negative, evil and dark atmosphere around what God is doing.

There is way too much meditation on Satan's plans in the earth.  There is way too much calculating without God in His church!  Let's stop being a "natural" child of God and enter in to the "supernatural" life that God intended.  Bless and do not cure.  Extract the precious out of the worthless.  See what God sees.  Tell your soul to bow to the standard of the Most High.

Be a Christian that knows how to add life and power to God's work in the earth, no matter how painful or evil a thing may look.  Learn to look beyond what you see with your natural eye.  Learn to receive supernatural information about a person or situation. 

God will give you His vision if you are willing to put His glasses on!!