Outside cabinets there is a lot of talk about these days. We are so much within our own walls that everything and everyone stays outside. We feel like we're outside of everything that's going on, even if it doesn't happen that much. Even those of us who get the energy of being alone feel that now that quota is full and longing for fellowship. Many struggle with loneliness and deal with difficult feelings and thoughts. So important it is then to use some of the knowledge one has read about what is good for keeping up the courage and to feed one way with the healthy thoughts. A book I often read a little from has some good lines about this, such as "It's not always what I feel that destroys me, but what I think about what I feel. There are always many different ways of thinking when I feel something specific. And I can choose which one!" Our thoughts are food for the feelings and therefore it is important to know that we can capture our thoughts, as it says in the Bible. We can change our minds. Mirroring what brings hope and life can be crucial when the days are bad. I've let some thoughts from a devotional I read a few weeks ago go deep in me. One of the names of Jesus, the son of God is Immanuel. That name came as a prophecy several hundred years before Jesus was born (Is. 7:14). In the basic text, the name means God with us—it is not just a name, but a declaration, a reality! The whole life of Jesus expressed this truth. "God with us" in all things, in the storm, in the joy, in bad days, and in good days—in all kinds of days! If we feel alone and long to be together with others, we must remind ourselves that "God with us" is He who lives in us. It's a truth that we have to mirror ourselves in every day. We who are children of God have been privileged to have the Holy Spirit in us, it makes us never alone. Sure, we need each other and we have to help each other keep up the courage, but the reason we stand on is"God with us." Let Psalm 27 fill your thoughts with hope today.
– Wenche Egeland, Kr.sand 17/2-21
The crucial thing is not how I feel, but what I think about what I feel.
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