Christ can comfort our haunted minds

Elizabeth liked these white flowers we saw.

I have to be careful of what I watch.  My mind will play scenes over and over during the day but especially as I try to fall asleep.  If I have watched a disturbing show before I fall asleep I usually end up with nightmares and little rest.

I remember a few years ago watching something that I wish I hadn't before going to bed.  I remember praying before I fell asleep that those images would not haunt me that night.  I opened the scriptures and read these words from the prophet Mormon to his son Moron:

Book of Mormon, Moroni 9:25

"25 My son, be faithful in Christ; and may not the things which I have written grieve thee, to weigh thee down unto death; but may Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the showing his body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope of his glory and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever."

To give this scripture context, Mormon had just been telling his son all of the evil atrocities that the Nephites were doing: immorality, murder, torture, perversion, and other abominations.  And to give his son comfort he told him to not think about these evil things but to think about Christ.  To allow Christ to lift him up.  That is exactly what I needed at that moment.  To fill my mind with Christ to think about Him that I may have "rest in [my] mind forever."  That night I slept peacefully.  I remember waking up the next morning and being amazed at how well I had slept.  I continue to be cautious about what I watch and I continue to rely on my Savior for His help.