Have you ever told yourself you are going to stop doing
something? Just stop? I think it is nearly impossible. The way to get rid of a bad thing is to start
a good thing.
Like when you get a song stuck in your head that you don’t
love. You have to find a good song to
think about before the annoying song goes away.
Instead of trying to stop eating junk food, really start
eating lots more good food. Put your
efforts into finding and creating yummy veggie dishes.
The bible says “overcome evil with good”. But it
takes effort.
Having a bad day? How
can we change our focus? I have to make
an actual list of good things, a real live pin and paper list! Sometimes I add to my list all week
long. Title your list “Blessings” or
title it “Things I don’t hate”. Either
way it changes your focus. Then it
eventually changes your mood.
There is a story in the bible of when Peter wanted to join
Jesus as he walked on water. As he
stepped out of the boat he kept his eyes on the Lord and not on the waves. He stayed above the sea until he looked away
from his savior and noticed how windy it was.
As he started to sink fear gripped him.
But thankfully, Jesus also gripped him and held him up.
The world can be a scary place. But Jesus overcame the world. He’s got my attention.
One of our jobs as humans is to ask God to help with earthly
problems. And not just our problems,
other people’s too. Remember He said for us to “cast our cares on
Him”. He said to pray for our
enemies. He said a lot of good things we should
probably focus on.
I mean…we have life.
We have energy. We have
thoughts. We can’t just stop. We can’t be frozen and we are not asleep. We naturally focus on something.
Let’s ask God’s help, then every single day let’s look and
look and look for the good things to focus on.
