Have you read my memoir? Here's a piece of it from the chapter called "Making My Mind, Mind." Though I could not completely avoid the nagging voices of depression and despair, I began to block this “stinking thinking” by trying to “fix [my] thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and …
Get a Hold of Yourself! (Part 1 of 2)
I’ve been quite concerned (more accurately put, frustrated) about the state of the world in general, our country in particular, and even more so about some versions of the Church. I’ve been talking to the Lord about it, and he agrees with me that amidst all its good, the world has more than its quota …
Making My Mind, Mind
After some of my well-meaning friends added to my confusion with sincere, but unwise, advice and comments, I applied the blood of Jesus to the doorpost of my mind and asked for the toxic thoughts to be turned away. I pleaded with God to save me from fear, anxiety, vengeance, bitterness, worthlessness, hopelessness, and despair …
Making My Mind, Mind
To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. Henry David Thoreau In my darkest years, I was harassed by voices that accused me and terrorized me with memories of excruciating incidents. The voices jeered: “You’re alone, sick, and broke. God is …
