Day 90
This morning I was doing the New York Times Crossword online. It was an old one because the old ones are free. I love crosswords as they are chiefly words, words upon words that interlock cleverly as you decipher the clues. I’m not very good at these puzzles, mind you (especially not the Times puzzle, which is the King of Crosswords) – it takes me way way way longer than it should to figure them out. Still, I find the brain exercise enjoyable.
Today I was stuck on 50-something down. Could not figure it out for the life of me. I was instant messaging with my sister in Kenya, so I typed out the clue for her. Five seconds later, she shot back the answer.
“Raisins.”
Yeah, no kidding. That was obvious. Yet there I’d been for a good ten minutes or more wracking my brain for a berry that started with “r”, but only had seven letters. Dried grapes were not even remotely on my list of possibilities. I needed a fresh perspective.
It’s a good lesson to remember – we all need a fresh perspective on life, a different viewpoint. Our minds easily get set into a stale way of thinking, and we need to air them out, renew them. There’s no better way to get our thinking on the right track than to take in the Word of God.
Romans 12: 2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.“
Made for Eternity 