I have enough serious stuff to deal with without letting Satan sneak in with a bunch of petty things that can blow out of proportion so quickly. We have to choose what we will focus on if we want to have any peace at all.
Have you ever started to have a quiet time with Father, God and the devil begins to put thoughts in your head. You know its him because he reminds you of your faults, your failures, every mistake he can find and how useless you are and you will never be any good and more and more petty stuff. God doesn't give us that kind of worry so we know it has to be evil and distracting.
I have learned to smile at some of the stuff he tells me. It makes me feel more successful to know that he is using such pitiful stuff to try to shut me down and shut me up. God has done so much in my life that I love to share it. That has become the most important thing in my life. If I take time to dwell on the thoughts evil comes up with I get so far out in left field that it takes me way to long to get back to where I was. Talking to God.
I am so glad that He warns me when those thoughts come. Sometimes He has to catch me and slow me down cause I took off running with some silly idea. You know, come to think of it, I should be in really good physical shape for running after such stuff. But, the problem is when I catch it I realize I really dont want it.
