“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” – Philippians 4:13
Do you find yourself complaining about things that you cannot change?
Do you mope in your misery when you feel that things are not going your way? Do you complain about things that you don’t have instead of being thankful for what you do have?
I am reminded of a story I read about a young man named Patrick Henry Hughes who was born with no eyes and unable to fully move his arms and legs. This was a situation that paralyzed him for his lifetime. At about nine months old his father introduced him to the piano and by the time he was one year old he had learned to play it. As this young man got older, he learned to play the trumpet and achieved many other accomplishments.
Patrick now attends college and is an honor student. Though he is blind and cannot walk, he is part of the 214 member marching band!
Unbelievable isn’t it? This true story is such an inspiration to me. As I think about many of us who say we are believers, but yet we complain about what we cannot do or what we don’t have. We complain about the adversity and the hardships that we encounter. But you know what? Many of us are not achievers and winners because we complain and focus on negative situations too much.
It is how we respond to our situations that will determine how we overcome it.
What are you going to do?
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