Not with your mind—but in your heart
Ever notice how the Word of God properly addresses some things to “your mind” and some things to “your heart”? “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart -and mind- and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.” In Proverbs 3:5, the wise sage mentions both our heart and our mind. From our hearts come “insight” from our minds “understanding”… Something tells me there is a nuance, an important difference. Can a quieted heart affect one’s mind? Can hiding God’s word in one’s heart keep one’s mind from agitation? I am coming to believe that the mind is what we use to interpret circumstances, to interface with the material realm and render judgments as to whether we should react to external stimuli in a peaceful, calm manner, or whether agitation, fear, anxiety should be our response. The mind is designed to be our stimulus/Spirit of the Living One abides. When the mind gets agitated, we do not see life as it truly is, as One. It is the co