Thinking NEW Requires Our Imagination

 "The imagination is the seedbed for faith."

Wendy Backlund, Igniting Hope Ministries

I love this quote from Wendy's book "Victorious Emotions." And isn't it so true?! We have to imagine the possibilities... the WHAT IFs of God, I like to call them... intentionally choosing to ignore fear's lure to drop low into its labyrinth of potential scary outcomes, and instead look up into the face of hope. We have to intentionally ask ourselves: What's the best possible outcome of THIS circumstance I'm facing? 

Intentional thinking... it takes work, right? We've got to build some new neural pathways that reroute us to imagine the best, right? 

It's much easier to take a few spins with the foreboding music flooding our ears and the looming feeling of dread sinking us further still, but what if we unlatched from the popular fear route and had another thought? What if instead, we engaged our imagination, the seedbed of faith, and "woke up" to all the incredible possibilities that lie before us right now in this very moment of history?

How would we see the world differently? 

How would we perceive those we disagree with differently?

How would we process our own challenging circumstances differently?

Let's THINK NEW... Take Faith for a Whirl today... let your imagination flow and the seedbed of faith ruminate on the What Ifs that cause you to HOPE again. 


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