Staying positive in all this mess
Sometimes it’s hard to stay positive when the world is so negative, and maybe even with all the different characters in your own household. It’s true, we’re human, and our surroundings can affect us.
However, what we can control is our perspective.
t’s almost like forcing yourself to come up with something positive about a situation or circumstance. When my kids get into their “super energy mode”, I give thanks that I know exactly where they are and that they are healthy kids that are capable of that much energy. When I get frustrated about having to repeat myself or not feeling heard, I have to force myself to think of all the times that the person contributes without having to be asked.
Whether it’s someone or something in your life or in the world, here are some of my favorite verses to keep me going:
- “Taste and see the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in him.” -Psalms 34:8
- “The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of distress; he cares for those who take refuge in him.” -Nahum 1:7
- “Therefore, we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.” -2 Corinthians 4:16
- “Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff – they comfort me.” -Psalms 23:4
- “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” -2 Corinthians 1:3-4
- “Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable – if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praise worthy – dwell on these things.” -Philippians 4:8
- For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.” -2 Timothy 1:7