Quote of the Day - April 18

Today can be a turning point in your life, a time of new beginnings. Don't waste another minute trying to figure out why certain evil things have happened to you or your loved ones. Refuse to live with a victim mentality any longer.

You might be saying, "I just don't understand why this is happening to me. I don't understand why I got sick. Why did my loved one die? Why did my marriage break apart? Why was I raised in such an abusive environment?"

You may never know the answer. But don't use that as an excuses to wallow in self-pity. Leave it alone, get up, and move on with your life. Many of the "why" questions of life will remain a conundrum, but trust in God, and accept the fact that there will be some unanswered questions. Keep in mind, just because you don't know the answer doesn't mean that one does not exist. You simply have not discovered it yet.

Usually, we can deal with a situation if we can locate a file in our thinking in which to put it. "He got into trouble because he was running with the wrong crowd . . ."

But what happens when things don't make sense. When a good person is stricken with a serious illness? Or a child is born with a birth defect? Or a husband or wife walks out of a marriage? What happens when life doesn't fit neatly into our categories?

Each of us should have what I call an "I Don't Understand It" file. When something comes up for which you have no reasonable answer, instead of dwelling on it and trying to figure it out, simply place it in your I Don't Understand It File.

In the meantime, you must muster enough faith to say, "God, I don't understand it, but I trust You. And I am not going to spend all my time trying to figure out why certain things have happened. I am going to trust You to make something good out of it. You are a good God, and I know You have my best interests at heart. You promised that all things will work together for my good."

That is faith and that is the attitude God honors.

Excerpts from Your Best Life Now