These last few months have been some of the greatest and most successful in my life, and I give God all of the praise, honour and glory for that.
The 'good times' are of course great for a number of reasons (not least that they are really enjoyable).
One of the great advantages of 'the good times' is that, if handled properly, they can enable you to look at life with a very positive, God-informed sense of perspective. When you have this perspective, it enables you to look at life as 'an overcomer' who has a 'victor-mentality' - not a 'victim-mentality'.
Some Christians, sadly, never grasp this. They are 'small-minded', 'small-visioned', inhibited and limited - held back by large amounts of minor baggage. They never just 'move on'. They never 'get a grip'. They harbour grudges ad infinitum. They just live in the doldrums for the rest of their life, nursing old wounds and rehearsing old grievances (whether real or imagined). They are twisted, contorted, unhappy and decaying........and it even shows in their appearance.
Let me urge people who are in that position to rise up and refuse to live in the gutter. Lay it down and move on. Don't let it rob you of the life that God has intended for you. God has something much better for you than to live in defeat and (in many cases) self-inflicted misery.
If you are 'offended' over something, let me ask you a question - is it worth staying offended over for the rest of your life and being miserable?
'Offense' with many Christians is so often 'a decision' and carried along by nothing but 'pride'. It is time for you to leave this thing down that is destroying your peace and your life, and just move on.
Please take time and make the effort to forgive. It will set you free to live again. Make the effort to extend an olive-branch, then leave the matter in God's hands and move on.
Life is so short. Don't waste it. How do you want to spend your life? Do you want to spend your life 'nursing wounds' or 'mending wounds'? How you answer this question can determine whether or not you live this short life that you have been given to the full, or if you will simply waste it. The choice is yours. Choose wisely
May the Lord richly bless you. The door of the prison is open and lies before you this day - it is time for you to rise up and walk through it. It is time for you to be free.
Here Are Some Practical Suggestions for a Happy Life:
[1] Forgiveness is a decision. Forgive often and easily.
[2] Develop a thick skin. Take authority over your thought-life.
[3] Don't hold grudges - try to offer an olive branch, then leave it in God's hands and move on.
These three simple suggestions will save you from a mediocre, boring little life that is clogged full of regret, unhappiness and 'offense' (real or imagined). They will also save you from wasting your time and worsening your life with psychologists and psychology. Or maybe your 'bitterness' is too precious to you? The decision is yours. Choose your destiny - destined to reign? or destined to a rut?
