Attentiveness – as I recognize things in my soul that are intruders or annoyances; things that want to stick around and harass,
Do I just put up with it?
What’s my theme or attitude toward what’s going on in me and how is that informed?
How does it carry out into my day?
I noticed a sour attitude toward someone that could’ve just stayed and been tolerated. I realized how it was tainting my attitude toward other things and distracting me from concentration and effectiveness. So, I decided to pull it out from under the rug, grab it and hold it in front of me, so to speak, and brought it before the Transformer of my soul for treatment.
There were some reasons I was holding onto it; things I didn’t want to let go, I came to find. Things I garnered as a way to get what I thought I needed. Interesting creatures, we are. So much goes on inside us we don’t touch, even though it affects us so much.
What are you carrying around into your day?
Are you stopping long enough to notice?
You might learn some things about yourself and your Transformer if you do!
“Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed…”
Psalm 71:13
2 thoughts on “Soul themes”
Thank you for this post, Jackie. Just this week I’ve been studying paying attention and intention. I believe it’s where transformation and renewing of our mind begins! So good.
Hi Sara! Lovely to hear from you. For sure, if there’s no intention to pay attention and live in His ways, we just float along… I love what Dallas Willard says, “Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort.”!