The Mind Is a Sponge

“For, ’Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 2:16 Here’s a thought for the day: The mind is like a dry new sponge. This is the nature of the mind. Once you drop your new sponge in a bucket of muddy water and pull it out; what’s inside? Water that is muddy, dirty, bacteria-laden, and gross. The sponge can be very difficult to clean again, especially if it is mud from Oklahoma, where I grew up. It stains and is red in color. Suppose you drop a brand new sponge into a swimming pool full of Evian water and then pull it out. What do you get? A sponge filled with delicious, drinkable water straight from the French Alps! What do I mean by the mind being a sponge? It’s important for your mind