It’s just that the Scripture might be talking about our mind and our mental emotions whenever it mentions the word “heart.” After all, most ancient civilizations used the word “heart” to mean “the center of all emotional life.” Modern science merely discovered that this is a better description of our brains than our hearts. The interesting thing is that none of this contradicts the many truths concerning our thought lives that are scattered in the Bible. To make matters worse, “an estimated 60% to 80% of visits to primary care physicians have a stress-related component.” As a consequence, it is supposed that many of the mental, physical and behavioral illnesses that plague us today – anywhere between 75% and 98% – are “a direct result of a toxic thought life.” Unfortunately, the vast majority of them are negative. On average, we have about 30,000 thoughts a day. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” But is that even possible? Can we really capture every one of our thoughts? And should we? Aren’t some of the most beautiful experiences – such as imagining and dreaming – the product of the very opposite? Well, let’s see what modern science has to say about this. “The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh,” writes Saint Paul in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, “but we have divine power to destroy strongholds. And yet, the Bible – one of the most influential books ever written – says that one can only obey God if they are able to control all of them. Thoughts are even wilder than sparrows: they come and go as they please, and they spiral out in every possible direction. If a sparrow flew into your house, it would be easy to shoot it down with a BB gun, but nearly impossible to capture it.
So, get ready to learn how to stop the spiral of toxic thoughts and prepare to allow God to do most of the hard work for you. And she relies on Jesus as her ally and moral compass on this journey. In “Get Out of Your Head,” Jennie Allen attempts to help her readers put an end to this. Most of us are held captive by our thoughts: “I’m worthless,” “I’m helpless,” “I’m unlovable.” And these thoughts often spiral out into toxic patterns that affect our behavior, our character, and our relationships with other people.
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