If you look on the About page, you’ll see it said that what you see here are thoughts that stayed in one of our heads long enough to be put into words. But what happens to all the thoughts that get away (fish story thoughts), or that we never realize are there (ninja thoughts)?

The fish story thoughts are usually ones that are really good; that’s what we tell others, or imply when we talk about them. I’d say the ninja thoughts are the ones we follow up with, “Where did that come from?” Where is this all going? Wouldn’t you like to know, ’cause I sure would.

Being of the quiet type (shy, introverted, bashful, backward, whichever you want to use), I spend a big part of the day thinking. Whether this is useful or not depends on where my thoughts go. It’s like driving. Driving is not dangerous by itself, the decisions and actions that occur during driving make it dangerous.

Do you think we should be concerned about our thoughts? I’d say so; take a look at Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21, and Luke 1:51 to start out with. What’s in our hearts, our deeper thoughts can cause quite a bit of trouble. Then there are verses like Matthew 9:4, Luke 5:22, and Luke 6:8 that show that Jesus knew the thoughts of those questioning Him. Since Jesus is God, God knows what we’re thinking. If you are like me, and have thoughts you know shouldn’t be there, that scares you. Yes, if we sincerely repent, we will be forgiven, but knowing that our “private” thoughts are not private still makes me stop and… think.

Thinking had to be good when it was first created, but has been corrupted since sin has entered the world. I think I have heard the mind compared to a garden, or something like that, I know the heart has been. What is planted in yours? Do you let the Gardener come in and tend it? Or have you let it get overrun with weeds and thorns?