Sunday, July 24, 2011

Looking At Our Problems

Problems, do you see them as emergencies, or as potential teachers? I think most people would agree they are a great source of stress in our lives. They come in many shapes, sizes, and degrees of seriousness, but in the words of Richard Carlson, they all have one thing in common: “They present us with something that we wish were different.” The more we struggle with them the more stress they cause us. However, I have found when we accept our problems as an inevitable part of life, when we look at them as a potential teacher we get a different perspective. Why not try thinking of your problems in a new way. Rather than pushing them away and resisting them, try embracing them. As you do ask yourself what valuable lesson these problems might be able to teach you, for they are life’s greatest teacher. Even with Christ every opportunity to experience the phenomenal came with the presentation of a problem. When we think about them in a different way and once we learn what we need to learn, they begin to go away. With this new insight we might just begin to see that they are a blessing rather than a burden.

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