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Accidental wisdom Read: Philippians 4: 4-9 The Bible in one year: 1 Chronicles 25-27; John 9: 1-23 ... all that is true, all that is honest, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, [...] think about this (v. 8. A few years ago, a woman told me about a time when she had found her teenage watching the news about a violent incident. Instinctively, he took the remote control and changed the channel. "You do not need to see those things," she said a little angrily. After an argument, he told him that he needed to fill his mind with "all that is true, all that is honest, all that is just" (Philippians 4: 8. After dinner, she and her husband were watching the news when, suddenly, her five-year-old came running and turned off the television. "You do not need to see those things," he said in his best "mom" voice. Think of those things in the Bible! " As adults, we can absorb and process the news better than our . However, the of that couple was, at the same time, comical and wise when he repeated the instructions of his mother. Even mature adults can be affected by constantly seeing the darkest side of life. Meditating on the kind of things Paul enumerates in Philippians 4: 8 is a powerful antidote to the grief that sometimes settles in us as we see the condition of this world. Taking care of what fills our mind is an excellent way to honor God and protect our hearts. Lord, open my eyes to the beautiful today and teach me to meditate on you. What we let into our mind shapes the state of our soul. 
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Excellent advice, and something we could all do well to heed. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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