day 9- mind

The second part of you and me to examine is our “mind.”

‘Love the Lord your God with all of your mind…’

The mind is separated from the heart, but it works with it. The mind is constantly working on providing direction for the choices we make. The mind is further divided into two parts. “Thoughts” and “feelings.”

Thinking is where we process the world around us. We can consider many things in relationship with other things. Thinking is where we have the capacity to use imagination. It is where we form opinions and perceptions which we may or may not act upon. In a healthy mind, we use a set of standards called, “logic,” which helps us measure our thought.

Our thinking is influenced by our feeling. It is our emotional response to what is being processed. Something may be logical but we may feel that it is wrong. Two people can think in an identical way about something but have a very different response because of how they feel. We are often pulled away from right thinking because we allow how we feel to take priority. This is where we can get into big trouble.

Look for examples in news accounts and/or personal interaction of people making decisions primarily by emotion and feelings rather than logic.