Remember Your Best Days

 

All of us have good and bad days. Moments where everything runs perfectly without any trouble, and moments where everything is out of control, we don’t have peace, and nothing works.

I don’t know why these bad days are the only ones we often remember. I’m not joking; this is real. If we start recompiling our happenings, we’ll remember more the displeasing situations than good ones. Our minds seem to have a special room for disgraces, mistakes, hurts, disappointments, misfortunes, etc.

What are the consequences of storing these memories?

We get used to thinking and hoping for the worst of everything and everybody; we can’t hope for anything good in our destiny. Whenever we are waiting for an answer, we are assured the reply will be negative. We can’t trust anyone because we suppose they will hurt us. We feel incapable, ordinary, defeated, and abandoned.

All these negative emotions sour our lives and limit our vision. In fact, we can’t do anything good because we decide that we don’t deserve it, and it won’t happen.

It’s time to shift your mind. Replace your sad memories with happy ones; instead of remembering what you didn’t get, remember all the gifts that God already gave you. Don’t give room in your heart to those who have hurt you; remove them and replace them with those who love and care about you. Forget the sadness of one failure in your past and meditate only on the lessons you’ve learned.

With these simple decisions, you can grow and become all the Lord has created you to be: a blessed, strong, awesome, and victorious son of the Most High God.

Psalm 77:11-12 (NIV)

I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.

Light Days and Dark Days

Every day, the sun rises and fills the whole Earth with its wonderful light.

This certainty makes us feel comfortable and safe. We know that there will be sun and a lightened day. All will happen according to the plan, another day like any other.

But there are days when the sun hides itself. Dense dark clouds cover its light. The sky gets dark, announcing a storm. We feel fear and insecurity because we don’t know what will come.

The storm falls impetuously; everything goes down the drain. Nothing stands where it was; peace turns into chaos.

Similar situations happen in our lives. Everything is working perfectly, as we had dreamed. And, suddenly, something changes, and we are shaken.

We think the storm will be endless; it will be forever and will never go away…

But as the storm goes away the sun shines again. Our lives will be restored as well. The storm that seemed to be the end will bring us renewal. It will raise new opportunities and fresh starts; everything will be new.

Psalms 107:28-29

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.