When the landscape of your life seems a barren wasteland, be wise, stay focused, and do good

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When the landscape of your life seems a barren wasteland, be wise, stay focused, and do good.

My primary take-away from each of the passages was this:

• Genesis 7 & 8  – A fresh start often means experiencing the death of the old to make room for the new, which can be painful. Move forward, anyway.
• Matthew 4 – When we are suffering it can be so tempting to take whatever short-term offer will alleviate our pain and suffering now. Hold fast! See it through. There are great rewards if we endure to the end.
• Psalms 4 – God is listening and answers me when I call out to him.
• Proverbs 4 – Be wise, stay focused, and do good.

We have all experienced failure. Anyone who says they haven’t is lying. If you see people who seem to only be on an upward arc of success, remind yourself that you only see their public triumphs, not their private, desperate moments.

It’s also important to remember that no one who seems to always be on an upward arc of success got that way because they gave up when times got hard. In my observation, people’s successes are often inversely proportionate to the depths of the suffering and loss they’ve experienced. In fact, when we read their success stories we often find that their great successes were built directly on the razed foundations of their lives. They learned how to transform the death of the old into a thriving new life.

How? By learning from their mistakes and failures, making different and better choices, being wise with new opportunities, staying focused on their goals, and doing good things with their second chance.

So, when the landscape of your life seems a barren wasteland, be wise, stay focused, and do good.

That’s what I got out of it. What did you get out of the readings today?

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