Filling Your Mind . . .

Last weekend my plans were changed when Jerry came down with a stomach virus. Out went the scheduled day and in came a stay at home day. So I decided it would be a movie marathon weekend.

This doesn’t happen often. I can’t remember the last time I went out to a movie. I just can't justify in my mind going to secular movies for enjoyment. It doesn't seem to fit with "filling my mind with good things." But we have collected favorite movies over the years that we believe are healthy to our mind and inspire good in our hearts.



I chose the Hallmark series “Love Comes Softly” adapted from the book series by the same name, by Janette Oke. Just a few months after I became a Christian, Janette’s first book came out, and I was hooked. Over the course of 30 years, I’ve purchased every book she wrote. To a new Christian who didn’t grow up in a Christian home or taught Christian values, these books were another tool to help me understand the life God would have me live.

As I recall, she pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. Following is a quote taken from the book, “Janette Oke: A Heart for the Prairie,” written by her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan: “As her writing career blossomed, she tried to picture each one of her books as a little ‘paper missionary.’ It had the potential , through the spirit’s working, to reach a heart crying out for truth and answers somewhere, and she prayed often as she wrote that this would be so.”



Her books provide biblical truths that are important in living successful lives in Christ, and have helped many in the area of prayer, God’s word, and trusting God in times of joy, sorry, grief and trouble. This, indeed, is what I want to fill my mind with!

It was a delightful weekend as I lounged around and enjoyed familiar stories that uplift and inspire. And Jerry enjoyed them too! Along with several dishes of ice cream. Chocolate that is.

Last Friday I spotted the first goslings of the season. I stopped the other morning to take a few snaps.