Sanctify Your Affliction

(Pro 15:15 KJV)  All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

You have all had the experience of being around people with the same problem but different attitudes.  You may have noticed in your own life.  How we respond changes the problem from a “bridge out” to an “avoid the bump” experience.

Let me take a simple example that is not necessarily spiritual but it applies.  Have you ever been in a motel room or someplace else where you are trying to get to sleep and someone is being very loud?  I run into this whenever I travel because my wife can’t get to sleep unless the TV is on.  How many Hallmark movies do you need to listen to in your life?  I find that if I let it get to me I will never get to sleep.  If I can let it go I drift off.

So?  Apply that to life.  Maybe you can meditate on a favorite scripture instead of making all your frown muscles bunch up.