2021 Daily Devotion - Day 413
Psalm 71:14
As for me, I will hope continuously and will praise you more and more.
Consider this:
Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopeless as a composer.
Louisa May Alcott, the author of “Little Women”, was encouraged to find work as a servant or seamstress by her family.
An expert said of Vince Lombardy, “He possesses minimal football knowledge. Lacks
motivation.”
Winston Churchill failed sixth grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a “senior citizen.”
~ Chicken Soup for the Soul 1993
When we look at the difficulties, inconveniences, and problems of life as potential assignments from God, our perspective changes. We can decide to focus on what God can do through a difficult circumstance rather than the details of the circumstance itself.
We can’t control our circumstances, but we do have a choice as to how we react to them.
Please pray with me:
Lord, help me to have a good and Godly attitude when life doesn’t go the way I’d hoped. Rather than see the inconveniences as trials, help me to see them as an opportunity to grow. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Laurel Dimock
Stephen Minister, Kid City Volunteer, Usher, Greeter, Co-leader for Women Walking With God Bible Study
Mount of Olives Church
Consider this:
Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopeless as a composer.
Louisa May Alcott, the author of “Little Women”, was encouraged to find work as a servant or seamstress by her family.
An expert said of Vince Lombardy, “He possesses minimal football knowledge. Lacks
motivation.”
Winston Churchill failed sixth grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a “senior citizen.”
~ Chicken Soup for the Soul 1993
When we look at the difficulties, inconveniences, and problems of life as potential assignments from God, our perspective changes. We can decide to focus on what God can do through a difficult circumstance rather than the details of the circumstance itself.
We can’t control our circumstances, but we do have a choice as to how we react to them.
Please pray with me:
Lord, help me to have a good and Godly attitude when life doesn’t go the way I’d hoped. Rather than see the inconveniences as trials, help me to see them as an opportunity to grow. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Laurel Dimock
Stephen Minister, Kid City Volunteer, Usher, Greeter, Co-leader for Women Walking With God Bible Study
Mount of Olives Church
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