My mind doesn’t just wander, it often books the next flight out of the country.  Sometimes I’ll end up with something flopping around in my brain and I’ll wonder “What file drawer did that come from?”   Like one day last month when my old Jr. High football fight song popped in, complete with all the words (Okay… remind me why I needed that ever again?).

Much of what surfaces is mental junk mail (after I prided myself on the fact that I could—at 50—actually remember all the words, accompanied by a few faux cheerleader arm motions, I forgot about it).  Sometimes, other stuff floats in that isn’t so innocuous (especially if we let it hang around awhile).  It can get into our hearts and make a big mess.  Scripture is powerful, so get rid of those troublesome thoughts by quoting a Bible verse, or (if you can’t remember it), look it up.  Meditate on it (Joshua 1:8).  Isn’t that one reason we memorize them, to avoid sinning against God?  There are plenty of verses for all of us, so we really don’t have an excuse.

Oh, and no fair using this as an excuse to run for a huge bowl of ice-cream—brain-freeze doesn’t work.