What We Should Do With Detrimental Thoughts
It was my son’s 6th birthday, and I was planning an epic Chuck E. Cheese party.
I sent the invites, purchased the party hats and favors, ordered the cake, and did everything but what was most important.
The day arrived, and I eagerly made my way to the kiosk so the attendant could check my son’s name off the birthday-party clipboard. It was then that I realized what I had forgotten to do: make the reservation. The epic birthday party felt like an epic mom fail.
Right then, not only did I entertain detrimental thoughts of embarrassment and failure, but I also believed them. This is the exact opposite of what the Apostle Paul instructs in 2 Corinthians 10:5: “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
