Someone had a word on Sunday morning. They described somone chewing and chewing on an old piece of gum even though there was no flavour left in it and no pleasure or nourishment to be got from it. The word was that this person was going over and over the same old problem from every possible angle and what they really needed to do was to stop it and let God deal with it.
This did not particularly speak to me at the time, but I do see how we can so often be like that. We spend hours going over the same thing again and again in our minds, and it never makes things any better. If we “spat the gum out” we would have room in our mouths and appetite for new food. If we stop thinking along the same old thought tracks we have room for new thoughts, to receive fresh insight or inspiration from God. We might even get the word in the spirit we need to sort the situation out!
So, whenever I catch myself returning to the same old issues I am going to remind myself to spit the old gum out.
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