I've decided that it is best to avoid emotional causing extremist words such as : "always, never, etc." when it comes to predicting the future or describing the past. It seriously never works.
I'm sure you've heard of this. A friend may say to you, "I can just never get this right", or a family member in frustration declares, "you always do this!". Oh the fun of stirring the pot emotionally. The trouble is it rarely solves, assists, or benefits the speaker or the listener and usually just creates bigger emotions on both sides.
The bible says to live in Today. That sounds much better to me. If I lived in yesterday, I would easily blanket paint over everything negatively and say that I never can achieve a goal because I never have before. But Jesus also invites us to live in the newness of His mercy and grace every day.
So what I was yesterday, is not what I am today, and not what I have to be tomorrow. We are not prisoners of who we were and have no business becoming prisoners of what we think we will be or not be tomorrow. Live for today, it is not only healthier it is the grace given to you for the moment.
Yesterday, I became stressed that I could not achieve the goals I have for 2015. Today, I will choose to do what I can in each moment by the mercy of Jesus Christ. May the grace of God carry me through until tomorrow.
May His mercy grant you the strength you need for today.
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