you choose to rejoice in the situation. psalm 34.1 (nkjv), i will bless the LORD at all times. HIS praise shall continually be in my mouth. even when i don’t feel like it, even when things aren’t going right.
listen. problems do not automatically produce blessings. for some people, problems destroy them. you will either be bitter or better. the difference between bitter and better is the letter “i”. i make the difference – my attitude. problems break some people, make some people brittle, it's how you choose to respond. choose to rejoice.
here, from strange and unusual events of 1982 from the encyclopedia yearbook:
brian hise had more than his share of bad luck in july. his apartment in provo, utah became flooded from a broken pipe in the upstairs apartment. the manager told him to go out and rent a water vacuum. that’s when he discovered that his car had a flat tire. he changed it and went inside again and called a friend for help. from the electric shock he got from the phone, he inadvertently ripped the instrument from the wall. before he could leave the apartment a second time a neighbor had to kick the door down because water damage had jammed it tight. while all this was going on, someone stole hise’s car. but it was almost out of gas so he found the car a few blocks away, but had to push it to a gas station where he filled the tank. that evening hise attended a military ceremony at his university. he injured himself severely when he somehow sat on his bayonet which had been tossed in the front seat of the car. doctors were able to stitch up the wound but no one was able to resuscitate four of his canaries who were crushed to death from falling plaster. after hise slipped on the wet carpet and badly injured his tailbone, he said he wondered if “GOD wanted me dead but kept missing.”
that’s what i call a good attitude!
Just a thought from the front porch…
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