There Will Be Brighter Tomorrows
November 8, 2010
“Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you…I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.” ~Psalm 42:5-8 (NLT)
This speaks deeply to my emotional state at the moment. There are times when people do or fail to do things that result in us becoming discouraged and a bit down. It’s the way life goes and there’s not really much we can do to prevent it from happening. What we can control is our reaction to its occurrence. When circumstances get you down, do you wallow in the hurt? Do you allow the negative feelings that arise to affect your feelings and dealings with the other party? Or do you put a song in your heart, focus on the good in your life, learn from the situation and keep stepping?
I’ve learned that, no matter how difficult it is, it’s better to keep stepping. If ever I decide to dwell on the negative, it always ends up that I’m the one adversely impacted by my refusal to move on. The people at the root of the situation are often oblivious to my feelings and are thereby unaffected by them. So why hold myself back? I choose to move on to brighter days and better opportunities.
If life knocked you down today, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and look ahead to a brighter tomorrow. You’ll be doing yourself a favor.
Live in Love,
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