Unfiltered Thoughts

"Sometimes the thoughts in my head get so bored they go out for a stroll through my mouth. This is rarely a good thing." - Scott Westerfield

This quote was in one of our church bulletins. I couldn't find the picture they used, though I wish I had. It had a cute frog on it!

This happens to me sometimes. I immediately know when an unfiltered thought has gotten through because of the embarrassment I feel. My inner self does a face-palm. Or it does the mental equivalent of banging its head against the wall. It depends on the severity of the unfiltered thought.

I've done a lot of posts recently on being careful of the words we speak. I guess that's really been on my mind lately, so that's what I've been writing about.

I think it's true of our thoughts too. We have to be careful with our thoughts - the ones that stay inside, and the ones that become speech. The thoughts inside our heads, could become words, and then become actions, and then they could become habits. When we change our thoughts, we could change our lives.

So, we should be careful not only of the thoughts that trickle through our filters, but also the ones that stay hidden inside.
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"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23-24).