Positive Thinking and Sin
I came upon an analogy today that congealed how my mind works, and it brought two recurring themes to resolution for me. My brain is analgous to a chicken gizzard. You chickens swallow small stones that stay in their gizzard to help them process and grind food (especially grain). The small stone in my brain is Scripture I have memorized and the Holy Spirit. Often I will hear or read something, and it goes into my "gizzard brain" for processing. What follows has just come out of the gizzard and writing it down helps me digest. Norman Vincent Peale is much maligned by Christians for his emphasis on the power of positive thinking. I have to confess to not having read the book. However, I think that used in the correct way positive thinking is a beneficial Christian trait. Let me elucidate! One of my favorite Christian non-fiction books is If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat by John Ortberg. Th