The Mind

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus"  

Philippians 2:5

The mind is a vessel to be filled with care;

It becomes who I am in kind.

The nature of my heart is recorded there--

An interesting place, the mind.

Like an old-fashioned record or a computer disk,

The things that I see, read and hear

Are etched in the memory; dare I risk

Playing back to the world what is there?

As I sat in my room with the TV on 

And allowed it to invade my deep space

I noticed that all sense of order was gone;

Wrong thinking was taking its place.

I picked up a magazine (just to read the feature),

But the pictures--I confess I did look!

I found myself becoming a mindless creature,

Programmed by that little book.

I closed the magazine and put a CD in;

How could I there go wrong?

My brain slowly recorded those vain words of men--

A defiant, unholy song.

I went to the Bible, the words of the wise, 

God's heart recorded for man.

I began place before my poor eyes

The wisdom of God and His plan.

So I go to God's Word; it's all in the Book.  

Join me in taking the time

To open it up and take a good look

At what we should etch on our mind.

Encouraging you all to read Philippians 2 today,
Gloria

Today I am linking with Linda at Prairie Flower Farm

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