{"id":261,"date":"2017-05-17T14:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T14:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/?p=261"},"modified":"2017-05-17T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T14:22:50","slug":"attitude-is-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2017\/05\/attitude-is-everything.html","title":{"rendered":"Attitude is Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As summer is starting, many of us can\u2019t wait to experience the joy of being outside in the beautiful weather. We are finally able to breathe in the fresh air and enjoy cookouts with our families. We are able to enjoy the days that God has given us, even more it seems, when the weather is beautiful.\u00a0 The good news is that we don\u2019t ever have to wait until the summer, or when the weather turns nice to enjoy our lives. We can enjoy life no matter what we are experiencing. It just depends on our attitude about life.
\nIt isn\u2019t always easy to enjoy our lives every single day. We get so caught up in everything we must do, whether it is work, school, assignments, as well as taking care of ourselves and our families. All of it can be very overwhelming at times. However, we can be thankful that we have a job that helps pay the bills, a family that loves us, and an education that helps prepare us for the future.
\nSome days, life can bring us down and Satan can have a firm hold on us making us think just how bad we have it, when things don\u2019t go the way we want them to. If things don\u2019t go our way, we often start to complain and vent. It may help you feel better in the moment, but it can only lead to more negativity throughout your day.\u00a0 Our attitudes play a big part in how we react to hard days. We can sit back and complain about how things are going wrong, or we can look to God, and pray about the things we feel. We often find the ultimate peace that He alone can bring us, after we lift things up to Him in prayer. He didn\u2019t give us the ultimate connection to Himself, 24\/7 for no reason. We can use prayer as a go to weapon against negative thoughts. He wants us to come to Him no matter the time of day or night, no matter how we feel.
\nThere are many instances in the Bible that tell us that God wants us to enjoy our lives. Mathew 11:28-30 says, \u201cCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.\u00a0 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.\u201d John 10:10 says, \u201cThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.\u201d
\nThe book of Ecclesiastes gives us another look into the way God wants us to live our lives. Ecclesiastes 5:19 says, \u201c15 So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.\u201d Ecclesiastes 6:9 says \u201cEnjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don\u2019t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless\u2014like chasing the wind.\u201d (NLT)
\nGod\u2019s will is that we enjoy life and make the most of it. Not just when the weather is nice. He wants us to look for new and exciting ways to experience life. Some of the exciting ways He has helped me enjoy my life is by reading new verses in the Bible that I hadn\u2019t read before. Another way He allows me to enjoy my life is through singing. It is a way to relieve stress and a way to improve my ability. He has also given me a love for photography and writing. I want to use all those talents to the best of my ability and learn how to enjoy life, through using those gifts that He has given me.
\nEcclesiastes 2:24-25 says, \u201cA person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?\u201d
\nEverything we have is a blessing from God. Our attitudes affect how we see the blessings in life. Our attitudes can be tuned in to the goodness He gives us, or our attitudes can block out the goodness He gives us. Being happy doesn\u2019t have to be a sometime thing. It can be an all-time thing, especially with God at our side.<\/div>\n
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