The power of imagination

I have been thinking about imagination a lot this week.  The bible talks about casting down imaginations, and when we are children we use our imagination to pretend when we are playing.  One thing this week I come to realize is just how powerful our imaginations can be.  Our thoughts seem to become real and we make deceisons on a system of thought processes we have thought out that are not always the truth of who we are or what is really happening with our situation.  On the other hand imagination such as when we are kids can be power to help us to imagine our future and to think about how we would like certain events to come about.  No matter which stage of imagination we are currently in we must allow God to show us which ones are us and are hindering and need to be taken out of our thought process and which ones are a help to us by helping us to dream about the good things that are ahead for our lives.