My precious mom said to her doctor \u201cDoc, some mornings I just don\u2019t want to get out of bed!\u201d His reply? \u201cThe day you decide to do that, count on being bedridden very soon. In essence, he was saying \u201cIf you don\u2019t use it \u2013 you\u2019ll lose it!\u201d These days \u2013 our minds are on overload, so much so, the opposite is true: if we overuse it \u2013 we\u2019ll lose it!
I put my brain and my body to good use daily. I don\u2019t want to lose them. Austin\u2019s cooler Fall weather ignited a fire in me to celebrate this glorious new season with my Fall d\u00e9cor. While simply going through the tub of d\u00e9cor, I felt a snap in my knee area and a knife-like pain sent me reeling. The first thing I thought was \u201cOh no! I won\u2019t be able to play Pickleball in the morning!\u201d But, more importantly, I found, I wouldn\u2019t be able to sleep that night because of the pain and couldn\u2019t go to the Fitness Center to work out. A simple SNAP changed my day. BTW — went to the doctor and it was a hyperextension, now wearing a knee brace, using ice packs and is so much better! Whew! I’ll be back to my activities in another week! Thanks be to God!
I think my body needs a tune-up — right along with my brain that often gets overloaded with concerns and SNAPS. I had been reading up on \u201cpowering up\u201d our brains and found out some things that can boggle our brains \u2013 one of which is all the multi-tasking that we do. While on our phones, we\u2019ll be driving, eating, looking for a Kleenex and telling our kids to stop arguing, etc. Being focused not only saves our brain\u2019s power (over-using it), but it also saves us from being distracted and having an accident. I just heard that a friend\u2019s son looked down for just a second and when he did, he plowed into another car \u2013 totaling his car and the other driver\u2019s car, as well as suffering some personal injuries. It was determined that it was my friend\u2019s son\u2019s fault. It sure made me rethink the times when I\u2019m fumbling with my phone in my car or changing a radio station.
I read about a recent neuroscience research that proved the human brain is unable to consciously pay full attention to two tasks at the same time (thus my friend\u2019s son\u2019s dilemma). I don’t think they put into account the multi-tasking that mamas must do and they do them quite efficiently. But, this research implied that our brains need us to cooperate with them to NOT overload them.
Powering up our brains is also powering up our attitudes that cultivate good habits like enjoying life, laughing often, developing an optimistic outlook and being sure to free our minds of stress and anxiety. And above all \u2013 STOP saying, even in a \u201cjust joking\u201d way \u201cI\u2019m losing my mind!\u201d Instead, we should daily \u201cpower up\u201d our brains by keeping our minds on God\u2019s Word \u2013 even memorizing scriptures that help guarantee sound and healthy minds! How about a prescription from God for affirming our minds and bodies: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
~ I have the mind of Christ! (1 Corinthians 2:16)
~ My mind is renewed daily! (Romans 12:2)
~ My mind is in perfect peace because it stays on God. (Isaiah 26:3)
~ Daily, I think on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy. (Philippians 4:8)
I\u2019m in for the long haul so rather than my mind being used \u201cmindlessly\u201d, I\u2019m \u201cpowering up\u201d to be sure I live up to the best version of me that I can be! How about you? \u201cI refuse to give in to my fears. For God did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a SOUND mind!\u201d (2 Timothy 1:7)
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