When I was in the fifth grade I had an awesome teacher, Mrs. Almond.
She taught my homeroom and English.
She was incredible!
She was a Christian and she knew I was too - so she would talk to me about God.
I always felt so significant when I spoke with her.
One thing she told me has really stayed with me.
Occasionally I will drift into negative thinking and I almost always remember these words she spoke to me more than 15 years ago:
We all have a choice to make in life.
We can either light a candle, or we can curse the darkness.
I want to be the type of person that sheds a positive light on things. Even those things that seem dark. But especially, ESPECIALLY, I want to always be the type of person that edifies with my words and my actions. I do not ever want to be a nay-sayer or endeavor to take anyone's joy away.
I know how hard it can be to look on the bright side, but there are so many things worth praising Him over!
I cling to the words in Philippians 4 - even in the face of adversity.
I will focus on the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.
2 comments:
Thank you for your awesome story...sometimes I forget that I'm supposed to be shining my light...I want mine to shine bright!
That's a really hard one for me. I don't know if it's just a bad habit, a family curse, a learned behavior, a "bent" or what, but it's hard for me to focus on the good. Really something I need to work on.
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