First-Rate Thoughts

We've just celebrated my son’s first birthday. It’s still funny for me to say I have a son…considering. I like to think I always trusted God blindly and never worried about anything. I would love to say I’m a “super Christian” lol….but that’s not my story! I use to be a worrier…I'd worry if my husband would make it home safe, will I get in an accident, and the list went on… that’s the bondage the enemy wants us to live in. He wants us to constantly worry about things we can’t control. That’s his way…he tries to get into our thoughts. He wants us to live in fear. Though, I’m reminded of God and the authority he’s given us by prayer. I love the adage, “why worry when you can pray.” It’s a bit cliché’ but the premise is true. About two year ago, I had a HSG preformed on my tubes to see if there was any blockage present. The results determined I had blockage on both sides of my tubes. The news was DEVESATING to me. I was floored because I felt that God had given me a barren womb. You can’t have a baby without working tubes, right? I was beside myself. I thought I would never have a child. I was ashamed. I let my mind wonder, trying to think of things that happened in my past that caused this. See, that’s how the devil works. He wants us to beat ourselves up. Blame ourselves for infertility and carry the shame in secret. We can’t let him win. Psalm 149:14 says, we’re marvelously made by him. It’s satan’s job to make us feel we aren’t special and adored by God. God wants the BEST for us…even more than we want for ourselves. We can’t put limits on God and expect miracles to occur. How arrogant of me to think God couldn’t give us a baby regardless of my condition. God’s grace is sufficient for our needs. That means whatever need or problem God’s love is enough. Worrying doesn’t produce anything but gray hair. But, praying, standing on God’s word, and lining it up with your circumstance have proven results. I don’t consider myself a worrier anymore…I’m a visionary. Whenever a negative thought pops in my head…I flip it and imagine the opposite. It causes me to think first-rate thoughts according to Philippians 4:8. What are you imagining? The Bible says, God is able to do exceeding and abundantly above all we can ask or think. Are your thoughts first-rate?