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Topic:
Controlling Hope And Despair
Every adversity or obstacle has both a down side
and an up side. Every adversity has both a positive side and a negative
side. Every adversity has both a hope side and a despair side. The side
of adversity you focus upon, believe in, think about, feel about, or let
consume you, is by your choice. Defeat and fatalism in the face of
adversity have adverse physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual
outcomes. There is in every adversity a best possible outcome. The best
possible outcome in every adversity is the result of hope filling your
heart and life.
There is never just one negative possible outcome in
adversity because there are many possible negative outcomes. Assuming
the best possible outcome in adversity, even when it seems there is no
way around the obstacle, is not false hope. In facing your adversity,
you may not be fixed, cured, or find a resolution. In living with your
adversity, you may not fully go back to the way things were before
adversity fell upon you. However, you can have a better life no matter
how things are in the present moment and in the
future...if...if...if…you embrace hope.
When you do not embrace hope
you end up living in despair and disappointment. A life-view without
hope is not realistic. A life-view without hope is a life lived in
misery. A life-view without hope is a life-view that is pessimistic. If
you have no hope, you may never be disappointed, but the cost of no hope
is that you shape negative outcomes in nearly every circumstance. When you
have no hope, you make negative things happen. When you have no hope,
you insure negative things happen. With enough loss of hope, you die.
The point of having hope in life is to always
have a better life regardless of how long your life might be. A
life-view with hope is realistic because all things are possible with
God. A life-view with hope is a life lived in power and sometimes even
bliss. A life-view with hope is a life-view that is optimistic. When you
have hope, you may be disappointed, but the benefit of having hope is
that you
shape positive outcomes in nearly every circumstance. When you have
hope, you make positive things happen. When you have hope, you insure
positive things happen. With enough hope placed in Christ, you live
forever in your spirit.
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These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites
called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.findthepower.com/wisdomminute
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