Every
word of God is true. He guards those who come to him for safety. Proverbs 30:5
I love being outside, but I’m not a big fan of flying insects.
Particularly irritating are those swarms of gnats that sometimes come out of
nowhere and surround me. It invariable happens when I’m in the middle of
something, when it’s not convenient to move away. But convenient or not, that’s
the only way I’ve found to get rid of them. I’ve tried batting at them, waving
my arms around like I’m trying to take off. I only end up looking like a fool.
The only way I’ve found to get rid of them is to take action, to move down a
different path.
My thoughts are like that. Sometimes they get stuck on the most
ridiculous track, swarming around lies or topics that have no relationship to
truth, and no business being in my mind. They circle around my best intentions,
overpowering my puny efforts to bat them away. As with the gnats, the only way
I’ve found to battle these errant thoughts is to move down a different path.
