Pearls on a pig

It's 5:00pm on a Thursday (New Years Eve) and I'm looking out my office window.  My mind is clouded by so many thoughts that it's difficult to focus on any one topic for more than a few moments.  There are so many trivial things that demand my attention and my mind often dwells on topics that are unhealthy, or just plain useless.  Like a pearl necklace on a swine, is my mind wasted on the pointless?

What strikes me as interesting is the capacity of the human mind to achieve so much, to ponder so many things, and to solve so many problems.  God created a true wonder in the human mind.  Our minds may be dwarfed by God's intelect, but we can still accomplish so much.  If only we could focus on something worthwhile.  Something that has more value than just our own happiness.

So what are you doing with your mind?

I know I have spent way too much time filling my mind with garbage and pondering the useless.  This year I will to be a bit more selective on how I spend God's gift of thought.

Have a happy New Year and may your mind benefit others in 2010.