Positive Daily Inspiration – June 12, 2023 – Make a Brand-New Ending

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Make a Brand-New Ending

” … One thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature be thus minded, God will reveal that also to you.”
Philippians 3: 13-15

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room … just wait.”

“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged … it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it … “It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away. Just for this time in my life, old age is like a bank account … you withdraw from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories.

“Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing.”

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Neville the great spiritual writer said, “See from the end.” How is your life going to end? Will there be a happy ending? There can be, there will be.

At Positive Christianity, we often say, “We are going for OUR GOOD.”

“Going for good” is the attitude with which we meet experiences.

Thinking about this phrase, “for good,” we realize that we often use this with a negative connotation. Have you ever said, or heard someone say about another, “I’m through with him, for good!”

Like Jacob, wrestling with the angel, we may not be able to let go the hurt feelings, the bitterness, and the unforgiveness we feel that prompted the desire to walk away. You remember what Jacob said to the angel, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” So, if you’re ever tempted to think or say about someone or something, “I am through with you, for good,” say it in the attitude of Jacob. You are through with unhappy feelings, unforgiving thoughts, and bitter memories. You are through with these – “for good.”

Time after time, events that you thought were horrible experiences at the time, turned out to be wonderful blessings in your life. I have counseled with many

people that have been through a divorce that they didn’t want. They wrestled with the unpredicted change. And yet, years later, looking back on their lives, they can now pronounce it as a blessing.

I have counseled with many men and women who lost their jobs. But looking back from where they are now, they thank God that they were able to move, or to be pushed, into their new line of work. Sometimes, the greatest blessings in our lives do not appear that way at first.

We want to be freed to enter into a new way of life, a new thought about ourselves, a new realization of the spiritual self of us that is all conquering, triumphant, and free. We bless the unhappy situation; we cease wrestling with the angel; and pronounce it good. “I am through with that — for good!” It gives it added power to our declaration of freedom from limiting habits of thinking and living, when we also emphasize “for good.” We want to be freed “for good” from old and limiting ways. Making this positive declaration gives us purpose and direction. We leave old ways behind; we press forward to the new and the good.

In little ways that may seem unimportant, we put off our good; we put off our enjoyment of life. Not long ago, I complimented a woman on her appearance and she said, “Well, I’ve been saving this dress to keep it until I needed it for a good “time,” but I decided I should wear it. We have all known persons who saved everything “for good.” The lovely clothes hung in the closet; the nice dishes or silverware were never used; the front living room stood dusted and unused. The best things in our lives were carefully stored away “for good.”

If we keep putting off our enjoyment of the present, if we save everything for some mythical good “time,” we lose a great deal of our lives to non-enjoyment in living.

In our approach to life and living, we do not think that some future time will be the time when we will be happy. We do not put off our good by thinking that, WHEN some conditions are perfect, ONLY THEN, will we give ourselves permission to enjoy life. Now, today, this moment, is the time to open up new vistas, to enjoy new experiences in living, to widen the expanse of our thought and interest, with God’s perfect help.

When Joseph, who had been cruelly and unjustly treated by his brothers, had the perfect opportunity for revenge and retaliation, his words to them were, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”

“God meant it for good.” This is something to remember when you find it hard to see the good in some situation. The good is there, though it is not apparent at this time. Despite appearances, God means it for good, and God and good will always be victorious.

A positive affirmative prayer to say aloud: “All things are working together for my good, and I am working with them in the wisdom and the power of God. I go now to meet my good.”

This, of course, is based on the beautiful passage in our Bible, “In everything God works for good with those who love him.”

You ARE going – “for good!” You can be sure that when you take on this kind of attitude, when you go for good, when you expect to meet your good, you put yourself in tune with that which is for your highest good and happiness, instead of the reverse.

In any change that you are making in life, in any human relationship that you’re trying to resolve, in any desire for greater enjoyment in life that is taking you away from lack and limitation, remember to add the phrase “for good.” Ask yourself some questions. Is God with me? Yes! Does God mean it for good? Yes!

God can Divinely adjust any situation – “for good.” You will prove this in your life, over and over again, as you walk your life’s path with God. All things do work together – for good

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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Beginning Today, with God’s help, I walk forward towards a happy ending in every area of my life.
Thank You God for Your daily help

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

“All things are working together for my good, and I am working with them in the wisdom and the power of God. I go now to meet my good.”

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“All cruelty springs from weakness.”
Seneca

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