Is Rumination Good or Bad? - The Crosswalk Devotional - February 22

PLUS...10 Things Your Husband Wishes You Would Say to Him  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ &zwnj [Crosswalk.com Logo]( The Crosswalk Devotional  [Devotionals](        [Newsletters](        [e-Cards](      Is Rumination Good or Bad? By Meg Bucher “Be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most out of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.” [Ephesians 5:15-17]( NLT 3 am. Again. I snapped out of a restful sleep to lie awake thinking …Re-runs were beginning to take up too much real estate in my mind. The [Bible]( tells us to keep a tight reign on our thought life, lest we follow it down rabbit holes which can leave us stuck in a moment we can’t get out of. Yet, we are not supposed to live thoughtlessly. Rumination, another word for overthinking, can be good or bad … or good and bad. [Rumination i]( “the act of pondering or musing on something; the act or process of chewing the cud, as cows, deer, and some other animals do.” Animals with multiple stomachs literally return pieces of food to their mouths to re-chew a second time. To “chew the cud” means to rethink something. “In a sense,” [William Hwang Psy.D. explains,]( we are going over past events in our minds, again and again, we are behaving like our fellow ‘ruminants’ in the animal world.” Synonyms to the word rumination include reflection, meditation, anticipation, consideration, contemplation, hope, intuition, logic, rationalization, speculation, study, understanding, and realizing. Some good habits, others bad, and still others could be either or a mix of both. “Psychologists have suggested that rumination is actually a type of emotional avoidance with regard to our experiences,” [William Hwang Psy.D. explains,]( “In focusing our attention on thinking about content of experiences, we often avoid making contact with the emotions these experiences inspire. In turn, avoidance of emotions leads to a lack of emotional processing. Just like with food, we need to properly process and digest our emotions, or else we have bigger problems down the line.”  [CONTINUE READING →](            You May Also Like:        [10 Things Your Husband Wishes You Would Say to Him](  Cindi McMenamin I’m sure you’ve heard that your husband needs your respect just as much as you need his love. You can convey your respect to him through your gift of words, carefully chosen and lovingly spoken.  [CONTINUE READING →](       [7 Christian Women Poets You Need to Know About](  Sophia Bricker Poetry invites us to reflect on our lives. By reading poetry from women like those mentioned in this article, we can learn to think more deeply about the Bible and how faith affects our lives.  [CONTINUE READING →](            [Julie Andrews Sings 'Do-Re-Mi' With Former Von Trapp Children](  GodTube.com In this precious video, we see Julie Andrews being honored in a unique way. Julie Andrews sings “Do-Re-Mi” with the former Von Trapp children.  [WATCH NOW →](        [10 Reasons God Might Not Be Blessing Your Life](  Cindi McMenamin Based on three decades of ministering to others as a pastor’s wife and Bible teacher, and seeing the blessings of God come and go in my life and in the lives of others, here are 10 Reasons God Might Not Be Blessing Your Life...  [CONTINUE READING →](                            Bible Trivia Question of the Day                                           What did Saul throw at David when the evil spirit came upon him? A. an arrow B. a javelin C. a rock D. a knife [ANSWER THE QUESTION →](     [Crosswalk.com Logo](  [Read about Salem Web Network](  |  [Unsubscribe](   [Email Preference Center](  |  [View in Browser](   © 2023 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Crosswalk. Â