A Positive Attitude

I am working on a new attitude, one that looks for the positive in each day. I have found that it is so easy to start out a day positively, but it is much more difficult to end the day with the same attitude. Yesterday, February 23, 2012, I woke up to sixty degree, my class was canceled and I went shopping with my sister. Joseph came to visit me last night. I knew it was going to be a good day; I woke up smiling. By 5:00 pm, the storm clouds had rolled in, my allergies were stirred up, and I had a headache. I went to bed not in the best mood.

Over the past few months I've had a motto or two that I have tried to keep. At first, I said "Just rise above" and then I said "Just let go." But I have found that there are some things (like storms and allergies, among other things) that I just can't rise above, things I just can't let go of. So what do I do? Of course, I pray and I seek God to take care of these things. I find peace in his Word. I also find correction in the Word. Hebrews 4:2 says the Word of God is living and active... it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. The Word gives me an attitude adjustment.

I don't even have to read to know what it says about feeling sorry for myself and having a negative attitude. It pretty much says "DON'T." However, I have found that the Word doesn't give me an attitude adjustment by scolding me or condemning me, I do that to myself. Rather, the Word of God encourages me. It gives me a more positive perspective. Romans 8:18 says "Don't you know that the suffering of this present time is nothing to be compared to the glory that will be revealed in you?" 1 Peter tells us to consider it pure joy when we face trials of many kinds. It tells us to be positive. I think it's in Thessalonians that Paul tells us to put our thoughts on things above, whatever is pure and true and lovely. Think about those things.