Don't eat burgers at Dairy Queen...but do think well

I took my clients out to eat today and for the first time in my life I ate an actual meal, as opposed to just ice cream, at Dairy Queen. I had a burger and a dipped ice cream cone for my dinner and, oh my goodness, for the rest of the night it felt like Katrina had entered into my stomach. Please friends do not eat the burgers at Dairy Queen. Stick to the Blizzards.

Have you ever thought about your thoughts? My pastor always emphasizes the importance of "becoming a detective of your own mind." Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the most successful and widely used therapy for treating depression and anxiety disorders, is premised on the assumption that changing your thinking changes the way you feel. Certainly, Scripture has been backing CBT thousands of years before modern psychology has discovered it and put it to successful use. Take a gander at only a sprinkling of passages in The Bible that focus on the importance of our thoughts:

"Guard your heart (basically, thoughts and emotions) with all diligence for from them spring the issues of life." -Proverbs 4:23

"Take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ." -2 Corinthians 10:5

"Think on whatever is true, noble, right; whatsoever is pure, lovely and admirable--meditate on these things and the peace that transcends all understanding shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." -Phillipians 4:8

"Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." -Romans 12:2

Sow a thought reap an action, sow an action reap a habit, sow a habit reap a character, sow a character reap a destiny. To me, this old proverb really shows how important our thoughts really are. When we get right down to it, thoughts are like the atoms --the building blocks-- of the moral and spiritual and emotional fiber of the human being, and on a macro-level, the catalysts of human civilization and history. oooh, the power of a thought.

The power of little things. Little things DO matter. What seems inconsequential in the short-run, given repetition over a long period of time becomes immensely important. If you want to do well for yourself in the big picture of life it seems that the best thing that you can do is to live well in each moment as it comes. After all, life IS a series of moments strung together. I'm experiencing this moment and now this moment and now this moment and given enough moments there goes a day, a year, a lifetime. The best way to live well in each moment is probably to think well in each moment.