-A SIMPLE CHANGE
OF ATTITUDE ~

Harry Emerson Fosdick once told how as a child, his mother sent him to pick a quart of raspberries. Reluctantly, he dragged himself to the berry patch. His afternoon was ruined, for sure.

Then a thought hit him. He would surprise his mother and pick two quarts of raspberries instead of one. Rather than drudgery, his work now became a challenge. He enjoyed picking those raspberries so much that fifty years later, that incident was still fresh in his mind.

The job hadn't changed. His attidude had, though, and attitude is everything. ~~

-Living Your Life for Today!~

"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

~I know so many people today who live their lives in the past. They dwell on how much better things used to be, how bad they are today, and the best way to turn back the clock and get things back to how they were before it all went so wrong!

And you know, I'm grateful for the past. I'm grateful for what God has done in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and leading up to today throughout the history of the Church. I also love that you and I can look back and see how He has remained the same yesterday and today, and by that, we can know He will be faithful tomorrow!

But today is God's day. God is no less responsible for creating this day than He is for the first day of Creation. And He has called you and me on this day to make a difference for His Kingdom in our times.

Maybe today you find yourself looking backwards on the journey of life. Maybe you've thought, "I just wish God would work today like He used to work in the past." But let me tell you that God is as alive and active today as He's ever been in history! So trust in Him to work in and through you today and just watch what He will do!

**Live your life not by looking backward, but by observing how God is working in and through you today!**
--Daily Word/JG

-How You Can Be Restored~

“For I will restore health to you,
and your wounds I will heal,declares the LORD,
because they have called you an outcast:
‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’”
---Jeremiah 30:17

Years ago, a couple was driving on an old dirt road in an early Model T Ford. Their car began to spit, sputter, and eventually died right in the middle of the road. So the gentleman got out and started looking at the engine. But as much as he tried, he couldn’t get the car running again.

Just then, a man drove up wearing a top hat and suit, stopped his car, and said, “Let me see if I can help.” Taking off his jacket and hat, he looked at the engine, tinkered a little bit, and said, “Alright, now try it.” And with just one turn of the engine, that car was purring like a kitten once again.

“Thank you for your help,” the man said. “I don’t think I caught your name.”

“My name is Henry Ford,” said the distinguished gentleman. “This car was built in one of my factories.”

The man who made that car knew how to fix it. And in the same way, the God who made you knows how to fix you as well. You are His vessel. And if you’re marred and broken down, He can get you running again if you’ll only put your life into His hands.

-IN YOUR BROKENNESS, PUT YOURSELF INTO YOUR MAKER’S HANDS AND HE’LL RENEW AND RESTORE YOU IN EVERY WAY!