[The following is a reworked reprint of my blog of June 21, 2013.]
The reasoning mind is God's tool. As long as we're wrestling within the reasoning mind (worrying, nattering, regretting, obsessing, etc.), we are into God's business. He allows us there...that is our free will, his gift to us.
We must always remember, however, that while he is allowing us to roam free mentally, physically, spiritually, we are on our own...we have shut God out.
The proper use of the reasoning mind is to regift it...give it back to God. All that requires is to make a decision to turn our will and our life over to the care of God...that's it.
The rest of our life is the carrying out of that decision. All of our zigs and zags, stumbles and falls, slips of the tongue and the mind are us, going in the right direction. We're bringing it all back home...to God.
It is when we get stuck in shame and blame for our slips of tongue and mind that we've landed back in our ego-driven mind, and we already know there is no God there.
Again, we pray our "Thank You" for the reminder (which is as painful as it needs to be), then we recall our decision...now we move on up.
Thank you.
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