“…Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” Philippians 4:8 NLT

Being mentally tired can feel worse than being physically exhausted.  Too often when I do find a quick moment that could be used to declutter my headspace, I reach for my little Googly machine and scroll social media, look up worthless bits of information, read the latest breaking bad news, or get sucked into some clickbait headline, and before I know it, 10 or 15 minutes have passed, and the moment to clear my overactive mind is gone. 

An even bigger issue is when I’m offended and hanging on to unforgiveness.  That’s when I can waste half an hour having a conversation with them in my head, thinking things I probably wouldn’t even say to them if given the chance.  Then I choose to forgive and repent, but one minute later, I invite them right back into my thoughts and tell them off a little more. 

An undisciplined mind running amuck never helped anyone.  Those of us who eat when we’re feeling stressed may have a little better control of our food choices if our thoughts are purposely rooted on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and worthy of praise.