Reflection:

Sometimes it feels like there’s a television station inside my head. And especially in depression, that station is running a channel that likes to remind me of my uselessness, my lack of worth, my incompetence.

This verse is a gentle reminder that I can introduce a new program on that channel, that those thoughts—that dark self-talk—is not all there is to me. That I can introduce thoughts of goodness: of how God sees in me the image of his Son, of how God, the Spirit is working inside me, of his love that has come down to me through the ages. And I can remind myself to think about these things and praise his name.

What is worthy of excellence and praise, that you can remind yourself today?

Prayer:

Dear Lord, protect me from those thoughts that would chip away at your goodness, or make me doubt your love. Remind me of your love, that you love me always, no matter what I’ve done.  Because of Jesus.  Amen.