Isaiah 40:31
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and will not be faint.
What of Today’s Verse…
It is easy for us to live victoriously for the Lord when we soar on eagles wings. It can be exciting when we run and don’t grow weary in the work of the Lord, buoyed by his power and presence. But it often takes heroes to keep walking and not faint when trying times come. Keep on walking, brother and sister. The Lord is there when you most fear he has forgotten you!
Let us Pray:
Majestic God, whose voice holds together our universe, give those who can barely walk under the stress and assault the strength to continue. I specifically want to pray for those I know who are facing trying times. Please, dear LORD, give them the strength to meet their most pressings needs. Through the intercession of Jesus I ask it. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Hope…
People who remain focused on the positive are often accused of being unrealistic. This is a shallow logic.
Where there is hope, there is hope. That is to say that hope does not just occur; it is created by the hopeful. It is never unrealistic to be positive, because a positive outlook is ultimately self-fulfilling.
A hopeless situation changes, when someone cares. As soon as someone believes they can make things better, there is hope.
Being positively focused is not unrealistic. It is, rather, a proactive approach to life. The pessimist looks for proof and justification of his pessimism. The optimist has no such requirement, because the optimist is not content to settle for things the way they are. Positive thinking acknowledges circumstance and reality without surrendering power to it. The optimist knows that reality can be changed for the better, and looks for possibilities to do so.
Able to see the positive aspect in any circumstance, the optimist begins the process of actually bringing it about.
Things are not always OK. In fact, they rarely are. Acknowledge the negative, then focus on the positive, and you’ll begin to make things better.
I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.
