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Last night we had another Conquer series session and small group.  
Teaching was all about   
the unconscious part of our brain   
The part that sets the 'standards' and 'actions'  
that I most often don't even think about...   
I just do them because....    
I do...... :P   

This morning I heard about a relationship
where one person 'doesn't measure up' anymore,
because their body shape has changed....
Hmmm....

And I remembered my sister-in-law asked
the people in the village in Northern Kenya
who was 'hot'..... and who was not....
The 'hottie' was the fat girl...
not pretty from my culture....
Not pretty to my brain....
Yet.... Why?
Why would I think that?
What part of my brain determines who is pretty,
who is ugly,
and even how I respond to those people...

Wow....

Their body shape... or my mindset?....

This morning I read Galatians...
Paul is writing to folks there because their MINDs were being distracted
from the Freedom of Christ.

What they thought was right and good was actually a Diversion....

In fact he says don't even let tiny little 'seeds' of those kind of distractions start....
Cause once they do... they take over...
'Yeast works through the whole batch of dough...'
See Galatians 5:1-9

Lord Jesus,
Thanks so much for opening my eyes
to the Motivations of my heart.
Thank You for instructing me
day by day
layer by layer
of what the underlying
thoughts,
teaching,
vows,
appetites,
preferences
That form my 'reality'
are true
                  or not.....

You are helping me to identify
and change
What is not.....
As we walk together.

And that's a good thing....
Yeah. :)

PJ