Taffy anyone?
Did you ever get hold of an idea that just kept spinning around in your head - no matter how much you tried to put it out of your mind, you just kept gravitating back to it? Isn't that so annoying? You just think on it over and over again - sometimes even waking in the wee hours of the night with the same thoughts going through your mind you tried so hard hours before to shut off! Some call this preoccupation - others might call it obsession. Either way, they both sound a little ominous! One of the things I have come to realize is the power of holding ideas in our heads which may not be totally "sound" or "trustworthy". In fact, when we do, we sort of "hang our hat" on these ideas and find our "hat rack" a little wobbly! Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail o