Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year


Happy New Year

I keep thinking about how much power we have over how we feel about our lives.  Good things happen, bad things happen.  Are they good or are they bad?  Sometimes we decide whether a thing is a good thing or not.

While not to make light of those really difficult moments, much of what we consider bad is actually quite normal and even tolerable if one would choose to see it that way.  When we are ruled by our comfort and our preference, we tend to see more bad.  When we are ruled by a higher directive, we can see the good.

My friend Joy ends her emails with the phrase, “choose to make it a happy day.”  How about we choose to make it a Happy Year.  Happy New Year.

It’s a beautiful day in God’s world, be sure to see the good.

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