Loving God with All My Mind

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LOVING GOD WITH ALL MY MIND SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE. What is more soothing after a trouble-filled day than stepping outside on a star-studded evening and gazing heavenward? Who can peer into the night sky and not forget, at least for a moment, the cares of life on earth? Ancient Israel's prolific songwriter wrote a poem thousands of years ago that still rings true. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? When we try to imagine the immensity of God's heavens, our problems do indeed seem trivial. Yet God doesn't think so! With all of the galaxies He has to attend to, God is mindful of us! And not only are we on His mind, but He cares for us. No wonder the apostle Paul advised young believers to set their minds on things above. For in doing so we raise our thoughts above the level of earthly disputes and focus instead on a loving heavenly Father who wants us to know Him, to know how to live peacefully with one another, and to know that we can live eternally with Him in a place even more beautiful than this planet. To best enjoy our brief time on earth and to prepare for life in heaven, we must bring our thoughts into agreement with God. When we learn all the good that God has in mind for us, we will love Him with all our minds.