forestwalker wrote:Thanks. I couldn't tell you how many times I've been asked, "how can you be thinking about nothing?" by the women in my life. Good to have something to refer them to.
I have taught on this (not nearly as well as this pastor on the video) and my wife and I have discussed this. She (and I think most women) can NOT disengage her brain. Period. Wakes up full of thoughts, and goes to sleep unable to turn them off. I'd be in a straight jacket without my "nothing" ability. I face some pretty heavy stuff some days, and need to put them away, close the box, and compartmentalize.
On a side note, this is why men can be sexual in the midst of a hurricane, and a women says "HOW CAN YOU THINK OF SEX AT A TIME LIKE THIS??" To the man, who compartmentalizes, the two have nothing to do with one another, and to the woman, to whom all things are interconnected, everything effects everything else.
"God is excited to show you mercy. He rises to give you His compassion." (Isaiah 30:18)
"For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield." (Psalm 5:12)