I read a blog entry the other day (mychurch) about our excuses and how there is scripture refuting our thought processes to excuse our emotional behavior. It was a simple blog entry, yet so powerful. It was totally convicting to me. I have many times let my heart take over during PMS times, or any time that I'm feeling emotional, an it excuses the things that I say or do. But I don't like the fact that I have to go behind myself and apologize at all. I don't want to be the one that explains away her behavior. How awesome would it be to stay calm, not bark at the people around you. I have been a Christian almost all my life and I feel like this is a novel concept for me. And that to me is almost embarrassing.

The verse that I used above keeps popping up, God is so good to speak to me several times so I really get it. So since it does keep popping up I've been meditating on that verse and just praying that God works into my life that "perfect peace". The world is so full of excuses now, I understand that there are real syndromes and sicknesses, but so often we really are just excusing ourselves from what we're really doing. Sinning.

My prayer this week, this day, is that I continue to take every thought captive and meditate on Him and His word. I want that perfect peace, that even when the world around me may crumble, my mind will be on Him and He be my peace.