Most of us choose beliefs as a child picks flowers.
Skipping down a lane or riding a bike down the street provides the perfect opportunity to pick flowers for Mom.
When my boys were little, we had to be careful to teach them to which flowers were allowed to be picked and which ones were not. A neighbors prized poppies were not an option!! When they were older and began to garden with me, I had to teach them what plants grow together and which belonged in another area.
If not taught, adults tend to do the same thing. Picking up a thought or an idea here and another there. Bringing them home and tucking them away into a compartmentalized part of their heart and mind. Instead of a sustainable, integrated and functioning faith, people are left with a shallow and unsystematic belief.
Why does this matter? It is a sandy, unstable and constantly moving foundation. Not the kind of place to build a house, a life or a belief. A sense of being tossed to a fro with every whim and chasing quick fixes and brief moments of good feelings. It is chasing the wind.
Broken, unstable and defeated lives and families lie at the feet of these fragmented beliefs. Just as my shade garden grows week and vulnerable sun plants, so does a fragmented system of thought.
Be careful. Be wise in what you believe and what you do not. Choose wisely. Like an adult, not a child skipping through a fantasy garden of beliefs.
Choose from God's precious Word and grow a beautiful garden within your mind and soul.
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