HE NOTICED
Today's reading: 2 Samuel 10-14

"Late one afternoon David got out of bed after taking a nap and went for a stroll on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed..." 2 Samuel 11:2 NLT

Had the story stopped there, things would be a lot different.

But we know it didn't.

Lives were ruined. A family was destroyed. God was dishonored.

I think we all know things cannot be un-seen. Visions cannot be erased from our minds. We cannot blink and remove what we wish we hadn't seen.

We are only responsible for where we go from that point on.

I think of one of my favorite, most used with my imaginative mind, verse...

'We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.' 2 Corinthians 10:5 NLT

Capturing thoughts is a difficult task.

They become hard to handle. They elude the lassoes of right thinking. They run rampant. They grow faster than kudzu vine. They slip out of most ropes we could tie them with. They are experts at getting out of cages and cells.

But it can be done.

As Christians, we must do it.

Our own minds will lead us astray, so we have to harness or rein in those thoughts of ours...before someone is hurt.