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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Problem Solving not Soaking

"Your mind leaps from problem to problem to problem, tangling your thoughts in anxious knots. When you think like that, you leave Me out...and your mind becomes darkened." (152)
Problem solving is much different from problem soaking! A problem soaked mind is saturated in tangled, toxic thoughts that impact and eventually assault our brains. A problem solving brain operates much differently.
It reminds me of how cucumbers become pickles! As a child I would watch Mom brew the brine and thoroughly soak the cucumbers. We could observe the change inside those Mason jars over the next days, weeks, months.
Dwelling on problems can begin to dominate and dictate our lives to such a point that we become 'pickled' in our own bitter brew.
It's not likely a pickle will ever turn back into a cucumber, however, we have a Problem Solving Savior who "yearns to help" and "together, we can handle whatever this day brings."
Problems are just a fact of life, but the Presence of Jesus will make the brew...
Sweeter, not Sour...dmc

3 comments:

  1. I love the cucumber to pickle analogy. Even though life will throw many obstacles my way, with Jesus I can become better (viewing them as learning opportunities) and not bitter. Thank you Jesus for your continuing problem solving Presence...cgr

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  2. Yes this was encouraging I normally share on Facebook. Now I am looking harder to apply this share.thank you Lord for learning times to grow thank you for not leaving us alone. A story of a pickle how he uses things to help us understand.

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