Article September 10, 2018 Issue

Mental housecleaning: Don’t sweep things under the rug!

Heather Bauer

Have you ever had a nagging thought that you just couldn’t seem to get rid of?

I have had many an opportunity to pray about that type of disturbance and have always found my answer in God. What freedom there is in divine Truth and Love!

Sometimes, nagging thoughts are obvious to us. At other times, they are a faint memory we have tidily “swept under the rug”—ignoring, denying, or concealing them in some way. Think, though, of this verse in the Gospel of Luke: “For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known” (12:2). Divine Love never lets us leave things unaddressed. God’s love and wisdom are complete.

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