What am I talking about? Well, we all have different experiences in life. There are both good and difficult times in our lives…right? However, if we base our life off what happens to us, then our moods, attitudes, and thinking changes as easily as the breeze changes directions. There’s nothing stable about it.
Let’s say you’ve had an amazing experience. You’ve been blessed with gifts you weren’t expecting, people treat you really well, you may hear from God, and etc. These are all great, but if you stay so focused on this specific time and always reliving this moment, then you may compare it to other “good” experiences in the future. It’s dangerous to think “oh this is nothing as to what happened 4 years ago”, and you brush it off. It becomes extremely difficult for you to be satisfied.
Switch the scenario. Imagine a really tough time in your life. Something “bad” really happened to you, or you’re in a very difficult situation. You continue to replay this difficult time in your mind, and base life off of what happened to you. You become bitter, your heart is hardened, you are angry “at the world”, you can’t let it go, and more. Sounds familiar?
I believe both scenarios are very dangerous and difficult to not be stuck in. So what do I suggest? I suggest living by truth rather than by experiences. Even as I type this, I’m challenging myself with this way of thinking. Let truth/the Word be the barometer/way of measuring life instead of what happens to us.
So, what is truth?
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