Struggling To Reach The Top Of The Mountain?

A good life does not necessarily mean an easy life. And the things we worry about tend not to happen.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that is wearing you out, it's the pebble in your shoe.

So many times the trials of life can cloud our perspective and the way we see things.

Nearly everything in life has a good side and a bad side, and everyone gets to choose what they will focus on. It’s easy for us to always look for what’s wrong. It takes more effort to look for what’s good and positive in every situation. If you look hard enough, you can find a positive in any situation.

The little hands and the big hands are both involved in what happens on earth. The little hands are the human hands (the free will of man) and the big hand is God's hand (the sovereignty of God). When the little hands are doing their dirty work, it's hard to see God's hand being in charge. Many times what looks like ordinary circumstances to us can be events directed by the big hand of God.

Stop looking at what the little hands are doing and keep your eyes on God's big hand.

No challenge is ever easy! God is going to give you some unwelcome assignments, but He blesses those who endure.

Rather than complaining about your problem (the mountain you face), teach your mouth to speak positively about what God will do to fix it. Recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever before experienced, and accept it with delight as an opportunity of receiving a greater measure of God's divine grace.

In this way, even the Adversary becomes a help to us, and all the things that seem to be against us turn out to assist us along our way.

Your attitude and the way you talk about people affects others in the same way -- either positively or negatively. God wants His children to be positive and encouraging. Ignore those who try to discourage you.

Blessings,
Dalinda