Add the vertical line

I left my last post off in stating I would talk about what I'm doing for myself to help myself through chronic illness. I promise I will get to that. For now, however, this thought came to me and I feel it is much more important.

Adding the vertical line

Have you ever been so excited about something coming up? I mean really, really excited? You anticipated a day, a date, an event, even a gift, that was going to be just oh so awesome? And then after doing it or receiving you, you were just a bit let down, maybe even really let down? I think we've all been there. Why does that happen? Why was something that was supposed to be so amazing, just, well, not so amazing?

The power of the mind. Your mind made that thing or date out to be much more than it was. You created that excitement, that anticipation, that forecast of a memory not yet made. Imagine that. You got so excited for something that didn't yet exist. That sounds like the mind can be quite powerful.

We do this in reverse much more than we do it in the way I just described. Take for example, chronic illness. We often look ahead thinking this stinks, how are we going to live however many more years like this, I don't want to spend all my days in bed, who would ever date someone with chronic illness, I can never do anything fun, so on and so forth. Where is that coming from? It's not reality. It hasn't yet existed, or happened. It's coming from our mind. We are creating it.

So if seen in those previous examples we have both the power to create something great, or the power to create something horrible, why would we choose to create something horrible over something great? Don't.

In the worldly sense, we are humans and we are walking through life. Walking. A straight line. What is a straight line? Well, it looks like a negative sign, or many of them. ---- You will encounter problem, after problem, after problem. It's a given, as I mentioned in my last post. I suppose you can look at that as a bunch of negative signs as well. So how do you make a positive?

All it takes is a straight line, going up. A vertical line. Turn that negative into a positive.

And then you have a positive sign, in literal terms. But what is a straight line going up? Up. Up is where God is. Thus, by adding that vertical line, you are making a connection with God. All those negatives, that straight line you are walking in life... they all become positives. You have connection to the only higher being to get you through it.

The mind is such a powerful thing. If we focus our mind on God, who is limitless, think about what our mind can do. Think about what we can do. Think about what we can do through Him who gives us strength... and healing, and protection. Think on these things and walk in that direction.

Yeah your future might not be what you imagined, especially if you were recently hit with something like chronic illness, loss of a loved one, divorce, financial troubles, etc. But if you stop walking just in the negative and add that vertical line, that connection to Christ... even though your life won't be what you imagined, maybe just maybe, it will be so so much better.

Turn that negative into a positive. We don't know what's forward, but we do know what's up. Stay connected and no matter what you face He will be there to get you through.

God bless.