IT’S ALL IN OUR PERSPECTIVE

Philippians 4:8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Do you ever have days when everything seems to go wrong? They’re not very big in and of themselves, but you can feel the frustration really beginning to build up because you have no control over them! I had one of those difficult days yesterday and was glad when it came time to go to bed! It began with a torn sheet and ended with a torn curtain, and all sorts in between!

Life happens to all of us and it’s a case of learning to deal with it in a positive way. Chris could see I was getting a bit frayed at the edges so he started to help me find several things that had gone well and how it wasn’t all bad! When I actually stopped rehearsing the negative things, I found there had been several good things which I’d overlooked.🙂

The thing is, whatever we look at the most, will become the biggest thing! If we keep dwelling on what’s wrong with the situations we’re involved in, they will appear to get bigger and bigger and feel overwhelming. It’s like when you hold a penny up really close to your eye while holding the other one closed. If you look at the sun, the penny actually appears to be bigger than the sun itself! We all know the penny is tiny in comparison but because the penny is so close it’s all we can see.🙂 

It’s good to stand back sometimes, and see things from God’s point of view in order to put everything back into perspective. It won’t make our problems disappear but we’ll have the opportunity to see that they’re subject to change and to remember that God can turn things round for our good in the end. We can even go one better and deliberately look away for something lovely and admirable, even if it’s to see a bird singing in the trees.You know what I mean.🙂

So if you’ve had a frustrating day, or week, take a deep breath, be still for a minute and know that God is still God and He’s still on the throne. Why not let the Lord help you get things back into perspective knowing He is in control and no matter what is happening we can ask Him to take care of each and every thing. 

God knew all about it before it even happened and He had the answers before we had the problems, so let’s relax and show Him we trust Him by allowing Him to sort it all out in His own good and perfect time. Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x

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