Balcony Views

“Happiness is not the absence of hardship. It’s the ability to see beyond it.” (unknown)

I’ve been depressed and discouraged at times, and I've learned that these attitudes are often related to my perspective.  

I thought of this one time when I was on a sixth-floor balcony: 

• Looking down, I saw my bare feet on the cold, concrete floor. 
• Because I was sitting in a chair, my front view was obstructed by a metal railing.
• But looking up, I saw the sunny blue sky!

When depressed, I look down and see only cold, bare feelings. Or I sit in my circumstances and allow my view to be obstructed by a railing of hopelessness.

Only as I begin to look up and seek God do I gain perspective that gives me strength to see things as they really are.

“I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
Psalm 121:1-2

Are you discouraged? Look up! 

See also Psalm 123.

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