I think every person alive has a battle. \u00a0Some are so much worse than others, but everyone has one. (or more) \u00a0The question then becomes, “How is the battle best fought and won?” \u00a0Years ago, I read that in many cases, fighting a battle is not so much about fighting the darkness, as it is about turning on the light.” \u00a0That was a great help to me. \u00a0But turning on the light is not that easy. \u00a0How does one turn on the light?<\/p>\n
I remember that old phrase, garbage in, garbage out. \u00a0You can apply that all sorts of ways, but it can apply to the mind and heart. And since that is where our battles are mostly fought, it matters what our focus is on. \u00a0 This world is so broken and there is so much wrong, but there are still vestiges of good. \u00a0It is important to look for them and focus on them. \u00a0And it can become fun…kind of like a treasure hunt. \u00a0Even the worst of people was created in the image of God and was not meant to be what they have become…and if you look hard enough, you will find a little treasure amidst the filth. \u00a0We need to apply that technique of looking for the good. \u00a0And \u00a0when we do, it will help our own battle.<\/p>\n
It helps, when I am really struggling, to focus on who God says He is. \u00a0Not on what I think He is. \u00a0I make him small and a small God cannot help me. \u00a0But He is not small. \u00a0When I focus on who He really is, there is hope and light. \u00a0His Word says that He is love. \u00a0He is light. \u00a0He is truth. \u00a0He is the one who has given EVERY good gift. \u00a0Good food. \u00a0Good music. \u00a0Great art. \u00a0Beautiful sunrises. \u00a0Colorful birds and bugs. \u00a0My children. \u00a0A good night’s sleep. \u00a0The ability to hop on one foot (which I am losing) \u00a0Whatever is good, I need to thank Him for it. \u00a0And that act of thankfulness, in itself, seems to help. \u00a0And by being thankful, we add to the good in the world.<\/p>\n
Matthew 6:22 says \u201cThe eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.” \u00a0So I am going to keep trying to adjust my focus and put more of my attention on what is uplifting. \u00a0The beautiful things of this world…the mountains….a trout filled river….sunset at the beach…..they are meant to point us to God. \u00a0The and vastness of the universe and the infinite complexity of the smallest cell….they point us to a creator. \u00a0How in the world we have come to believe so many lies and ignore what is right before our faces is quite amazing. \u00a0But in focusing on truth there is healing and health and victory for whatever battle we face.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think every person alive has a battle. \u00a0Some are so much worse than others, but everyone has one. (or more) \u00a0The question then becomes, “How is the battle best fought and won?” \u00a0Years ago, I read that in many cases, fighting a battle is not so much about fighting the darkness, as it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5WySj-6K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doctormomx4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}