littleflowerofchrist:

“Do not oppose head-on thoughts that the enemy sows in your mind. Instead, cut off all conversation with them by prayer to God.”

— St. Isaak of Syria / St. Isaac of Ninevah

In the past, the thoughts would come and I would hide. Fretting that such thoughts could come into my mind. And the more they would persist the more anxious I became.

Then I learned to simply say “No.”

No, you are not my master. No, you will not pull me away from God. No, you have no rights over me.

And I raised my eyes to Christ. And I prayed.