The idea burrows through the conscious mind to the unconscious one. Sometimes we know not the source of the idea.
Ideas resonate with an emotion and stick.
Henri Nouwen wrote a little book on prayer called With Open Hands.
He thinks about how opening our hands opens us to God in prayer.
Have you ever become aware of clenched hands? You are trying to go to sleep. You realize your hands are closed into fists.
The very act of intentionally opening your hands brings immediate relaxation.
The same with our minds.
The very act of opening our minds opens our eyes to new possibilities. New ideas can bring us to a new level of awareness.
We can leave the fixed mindsets of prejudice, opinion, bitterness, cynicism behind.
Open now to hearing Jesus’s voice calling to a better way of life.
Faith Venture 
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