The Thought Reframe

June 2025.

It’s common for our thought life to default to negative “what ifs.” What if I get fired? What if my kids make bad decisions? What if I have cancer? If we dwell on these thoughts and let them run wild, our anxiety goes through the roof. We’re drained of our peace and joy.

I came across a great solution from the counseling pastor at our church, Dan Broyles: how about we take the fearful “what if” and turn it into a faith “what if?” For example: what if…this turned out to be a great day? What if…God is doing something amazing here? What if…fill in the blank with something GOOD.

It is way more fun to think hopeful thoughts than dread thoughts! And the beauty of it is, we can choose our thoughts. And we need to, before they run amok! We don’t have to believe everything we think.

Let’s take ownership of our thoughts by getting aware of the negative “what ifs”, and replacing them with faith “what ifs.”

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5