The Plumbline

If you have ever lost focus, you know how devastating this can be.  What tends to give us the greatest heartache in loss of focus is not always the "evident" stuff, but the things which happen just beneath the surface of our lives.  We get a little distracted, even find ourselves doing things we know better than to do, but what damages us the most is the "underneath" stuff. The loss of focus affects our peace.  Peace disturbed leads to all kinds of issues which magnify the sense of "restlessness" and "fear" we might just be experiencing by our loss of focus.  If you have ever put up a good front for someone, you probably know just how hard it was to "maintain the appearance" of peacefulness and focus, but be experiencing the deep inner turmoil of restlessness, fear, anxiety and a total lack of concentration.  It gets hard to deal with what life sends our way when this happens - so learning to "refocus" is quite necessary. Yo...

Ever "feel" like you just cannot get a handle on things and like the whole world is just spinning out of control?  We all have these days, but a lifestyle of this type of "feeling" will absolutely undo the strongest person!  We can receive all kinds of input all day long - what we do with the input and how we allow it to affect us determines if we will live in peace, or fall to pieces.  If you stop long enough, you might just begin to realize there is a link between peace of mind and stress.  The more physical, mental, or emotional strain we put ourselves under, the more we begin to feel a little tension in our lives. The more tension we begin to "feel" without "processing" it correctly, the greater the chances are it will affect our peace. A sound mind makes for a robust body,  but runaway emotions corrode the bones.  (Proverbs 14:30 MSG) Look at the link between a sound mind and a healthy, flourishing body.  The more stress we accumulate wi...