Yesterday, I totaled up the number of years I spent working nights, and it came to 13. Wow, for 13 years, breakfast, lunch and supper were catch as catch can!!! Now, in retirement, I have become a "Morning person"; up before 8 (and sometimes much earlier) every day and in bed by 11 pm. I think it would be correct to say that most of the time I am a very positive person, but it wasn't always that way. There is a verse in the Bible that was a game-changer for me. It came on the heels of Jesus' admonition to the rich young ruler to give up his wealth and follow him. This was something that he just would not do- and then Jesus said...
Matthew, Chapter 19 (WEB)
23 Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”
26 Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
No, the important thing here for me was NOT MONEY, it was possibility. The belief that God could transform a hum-drum life like mine was startling to me!!! It meant that I was NOT doomed to be just another low-life "ROSE"; with God, ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE!!! At this point, I must say that I had not changed a thing about my life- worldliness still had a hold on me. But, verse 26 showed me- no, convinced me, that THINGS COULD CHANGE, IF I WOULD CHANGE.
What I am saying here is this- If a human being will believe that God has the power to change the impossible, then there is HOPE!!! And this very morning, things can improve!!!
BEEN THERE- DONE THAT!!!!
Want to try? Just think about that picture and reread verse 26. Who knows, you might see what I saw!!!!