Perhaps you can
relate to this…Some days are smooth and you feel you get a lot accomplished.
Other days, it seems you are barely motivated to get out of the bed in the
morning. When we have “off” days things do not seem to go as planned, and those
are the days we get challenged with distractions and all sorts of mishaps.
On those “off” days we can get discouraged and feel
like giving-up because it seems like
our challenges will not end. If you have a series of off days, discouragement can
easily settle in.
Reflect:
What do you do
when you are faced with those off days? Put
the covers over your head and go back to bed. Hum, that seems reasonable after
all, right? Or, you can get up and keep pressing forward believing that better
days are coming. That is not some pie in the sky mentality, it is truth. Most
of our difficulties eventually do come to an end, and the challenges that do
remain for a long period God gives grace to walk through them.
Is it easy to keep moving forward when you have a challenging
day or week? No! Don’t give into the negative chatter that says, “it will
always be this way.” Those off days will come to all of us at some point, and
we must make a choice ahead of time that when they do come we will change our
thinking to,” better days are ahead.” Your only other alternative is to grumble
and complain about your terrible, awful day; but I promise you will make your
situation worse by doing this. Remember, no season or difficult day that you
are having will last forever.
Meditate:
He
gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Isaiah 40:29
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