What's a "musing"?

Musings are defined as thoughts, contemplations, meditations. When one is musing, it can be said, you are deep in thought or contemplation.

What are our musings? The raw material of our internal conversation is not something we often spend time, well, musing over. It's early in the morning and already a parade of thoughts have presented themselves: practical considerations, the needs of those around me, work to be done, projects to be completed, threats and worryings demanding a home, ideas, reminders, hopes, dreams, possibilities. And yes, the desire for a good cup of coffee.

Our thoughts are multiple and varied, lightning bolts across our mind's horizon. Usually, we're not even aware of the millions of decisions we make regarding our thoughts. Which do we accept? Which to reject? Which do we build and pursue? It has been said that the human mind processes thought at the speed of about 50,000 words per minute. What is it that we are thinking about?

The Apostle Paul encouraged his friends at Phillipi to give their mental energies only to those things worthy of attention, thoughts that were uplifting, encouraging, and strengthening. This is not a PollyAnna approach to life; it requires the discipline of an Olympic athlete. Lord, help us to be the ruler of our musings. As a man muses, so is he.