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Having the "Bad Day Blues"?

I'm going to begin this post by asking a simple question, "Are you having a good day?". Some of you may answer positively (If this is you, bookmark this page and come back when you believe you're not having a good day) but most of the time people will say this like, "It could be better" or "Not really" and then there is the plain answer of "no". After you answer the question, you usually will explain why, however I want those of you who answer No to look at the "big picture" (your whole day), go through each thing you did, each person you spoke to and tell me what happened that was good. Maybe your son or daughter rode their bike for the very first time, or they received a good grade on an assignment. Maybe your wife or husband, girlfriend or boyfriend, did something for you. Now, here is a passage from the Bible: 
"6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."
After reading the verse, hopefully you're seeing my point in all this. The first verse is telling us that, we shouldn't worry, rather we should be praying so that God knows what we need; this is similar to “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7). Verse 7 means, if you've got problems surrounding you, remember that you've got Jesus and that is all you need to focus on. Now we're moving to verse 8 which is one of my favorite ones and totally coincides with the first paragraph regarding your "Bad Day", think about ALL the TRUE, HONORABLE, JUST, PURE, LOVELY, COMMENDABLE, EXCELLENT,and PRAISE WORTHY things that took place in your day! Even if the bad outweigh the good, focus on that one good thing that happened because that is so much better than being weighed down by all the bad things. Finally, it may have been Paul who wrote this letter but it was God who gave Paul the words to write this book, Psalm 118:24 says, "This is the day the LORD has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it" and this is what you should do, daily. I hope that this helped, it has been on my heart lately and figured I'd share! Comment or send me an email cgifford20@yahoo.com, I'd love to hear from you! Have an Amazing Day! 

Sincerely,
Chelsea Brianne

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