So much in life is really about perspectives! Last night I slept on the couch in the living room. I walked from the bedroom into the living room and wow, it was so much cooler! Now, it was 83 degrees in the living room .... but having come from the bedroom where it was much warmer my perspective was that it was cool.
And then there is being home alone. As I wandered the house last night picking up this and that and the other thing and still feeling uncertain about being here alone for so long ... I remembered my friend from years ago who was also home alone - because her family had all been taken to heaven. That memory changed my perspective.
Gods Word tells us we're going to have trouble in this world.
John 16:33 says "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." How we look at this trouble .. which perspective we choose to have ... will change how we feel about it. I could have fussed about how 83 was too hot, I could have moped about being alone, but perspective made me grateful. How much more should our perspective about our trouble on this earth make us grateful!!! James 1:2 "My Brethren count it ALL JOY when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience". What a perspective!!! This trouble I am experiencing is an opportunity to LEARN and GROW ... wow, I am gonna be THANKFUL for it!!!
This is what God has been showing me over last night and this morning. I can choose how I look at things. I can choose my perspective. How I choose to look at things will indeed decide whether I learn from it or allow it to cause me to mope and complain, be fearful or be THANKful.
I'm gonna choose to GROW!!!