Faith

"Faith is unlearning the senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith involves synaptogenesis. Faith is rewriting the human brain." - Mark Batterson In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day

I read this this morning and didn't know what to think about it. I am desperately in need of rewriting my brain. I have gotten brain washed by the culture. Indoctrinated with lies about the way the world works. I need to fill my mind with the word of God.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

Why is it so hard to rewrite our brains? Why is it so easy to get taken away into the culture of this world and forget that we have a larger home in the life to come?

Lord grant me the faith to see life as it truly is. To grow and mature into the man that you want me to be. Open my eyes to see you for who you really are. Open my eyes so as to see others as you see them. Give me compassion to fuel my days. Open my eyes that I may see myself for all that you created me to be.