A Friend’s Role
There is a need to retell your experiences and the simple events of the previous days. In that way, you will be cleaned of those unwanted thoughts you have and be purified of the load that you bear. You need to overcome your past experiences especially if you are upset about the recent event.
Here the role of a friend comes in. It works if someone listens to you. Both of you will be blessed with the thoughts that you pour out as these are made vibrant with the experiences that includes your knowledge about God. You are going to love the moment of casting out of your mind the works of the enemy that pollutes your thoughts.
At the end of your visit, you will be thankful that you are cleansed, and you are occupied with good thoughts of the heart. It is indeed wonderful to be backed up with thoughts of good friendship and be replaced with things sensible. You will be thankful that you have your friend and that your need of company has been satisfied.
You must pour out to change what is in your mind and be refreshed of the good thoughts of the heart. It follows that; you need to be objective with something so that you can have good thoughts to write on. It is not defeating to have your mind emptied that you can fill it again, this time with more blessed thoughts than the unnecessary ones.
You ought to find it okay to unroll the pattern in your mind and have it scribbled with writings you need to write in your computer. You need to have those thoughts typed so that you can cut or copy it and paste it again. You must not be sad if your thoughts get blank, it is a time to rest your mind for you might have overworked it.
Then the pattern is brought back again, have someone listen or you need to listen to someone. Perhaps you will need each other’s company. Then back to your computer again, unroll the pattern, and recopy or paste what your tranquil mind suggests. After the occupying work of cut and paste or copy, then you will be ready to print your thoughts.
You will be thankful for your friend with the presence that refills your thoughts with new ones and at the end of the day you will have your mind rested again. It pays to listen or to have someone listen to you, there enters the role of a friend. We do it in the seminary by means of spiritual direction where you need to confide with a priest.
In protestant religions, you can have your pastors and ministers. If you need professional help, there are psychologists, consultants or guidance counselors. You can have your problems opened to your father or mother, brother or sister, or to your relatives. A friend can anytime be reached much more if you need a plain conversation.
Being a straightforward you, conversations become simple, not blurred by imaginative language nor stained with hardness of heart. It will be a sensible and fruitful exchange of pleasantries, events and experiences. Nobody knows what’s in your heart unless you unveil it; you will not be removed of the filth unless you get rid of it.
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