Walking a Different Path

      1 Peter 3:9 "Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind." This verse tells us we should all be of the same mind when it comes to having sympathy, love, compassion and humility. Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." This verse tells us that we should be kind, compassionate and forgiving. These verses are telling us to have a different mind set, rather than being angry and full of hate we should be forgiving and full of love. They are showing us to be humble rather than acting superior. They show us that we can live our lives in a different way.
     We do not have to live our lives being held captive by our negative passions and emotions. We can break free from our old patterns of thought to do good things rather than doing destructive things. We can act differently if we choose to. We are creatures of habit so we may get stuck in a cycle of unhealthy thinking. We need to break free from that harmful cycle by thinking about something else. The apostle Paul says in Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Distracting our mind away from the negative to positive thinking is a good way to start thinking in a different way.
     We do not have to keep walking down the same path in life that bring us sadness. We can choose a different one that can lead to our happiness. We go where our mind leads us. If our thinking is good we will do good things and if our thinking is bad we will do bad things. Proverbs 2:20 "So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous." This could be asked as a question. So will you walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous? This is a choice we each have to make everyday. So do we keep our mind on the path of righteousness or will we keep on thinking in the same way? It is our choice to make in what we do and how we think.