Think like a hero

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. -May Sarton, poet and novelist (1912-1995)

I like this quote. We’ve been working through Romans at church, and recently covered Chapter 12 and the verse "... be transformed by the renewal of your mind". The mind, and what and how we think, really is the source of our behaviour. But has anyone ever discovered that even when they think their thoughts or perspective on a certain situation are reasonably lofty their behaviour often slips up (I know I have), which perhaps indicates that the thoughts weren’t actually so lofty, but it is where we have to start. We have to think like Romans 8 people if we’re ever going to behave like Romans 12 people. We have to think like "more than conquerors" (8:37), if we’re ever going to "overcome evil with good" (12:21), we have to really know that nothing can separate us from the love us God (8:35-39), if we're ever going to be consistently genuine in our love for others (12:9-21) ...