How Can Suspicion Poison the Mind?

Suspicion creates and prolongs distrust, which can become so disconcerting that it seems everything is in disarray and unpredictable. Where suspicion exists, anxiety hovers like a vulture hovering over a dead animal. While suspicion is unnerving and creates fear, it may fall short of facts to prove its case.

William Shakespeare noted in his play Henry the Eighth: “Suspicion haunts the guilty mind.” Mankind’s shortcomings can hover like a dark cloud, especially when those shortcomings are responsible for behaviors which jeopardize relationships that should be nurtured and cherished.

Thomas Paine, the American Revolutionary War hero, wrote: “Suspicion is the companion of troubled souls and poison to the mind.” 

Suspicion must be confessed to the Lord God to cleanse the body, mind, and spirit of its darkness. Darkness is banished by light, and Jesus is the light of the world. In him is no darkness.  

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His life is the light that shines through the darkness – and the darkness can never extinguish it.

~John 1: 5 The Living Bible

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Mean What You Say and Say What You Mean

To see clearly and understand what’s been communicated builds a bridge to sound decisions and possibilities. The phrase, “I see what you mean,” indicates both comprehension and understanding. To see ourselves as we want others to see us should motivate us consistently to mean what we say and say what we mean.

God commissions us to be messengers of encouragement and information to others so they clearly understand how to be the people he expects them to be. Realistic expectations that are achievable challenge us to press onward and upward so as not to disappoint ourselves and others. God enables us to achieve what he calls us to do.

As we accept that God knows us completely, including our future, he gives us strength and courage to fulfill his continuous purpose for us. This should be encouragement to press on and face any obstacle. Let your expectations be commensurate with your love and trust for God, who will never fail to fulfill his purpose for you.   

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Our purpose is to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of others.

~2 Corinthians 8:21 Good News Bible

 

The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure and full of quiet  gentleness. Then it is peace-loving and courteous. It allows discussion and is willing to yield to others. It is wholehearted and straightforward and sincere.

~James 3:17 The Living Bible

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