AT THE BEACH

Have you ever been encouraged to let go of negative thoughts? I have.

How can we do that?

Let me give you an example.

We have a saying in German and it goes like this:

“WAS DU NICHT WILLST DAS MAN DIR TU,

DAS FUEG AUCH KEINEM ANDERN ZU.”

First of all let me tell you that the proverb rhymes, and I think that is the reason why I remember the saying.

Here is the meaning in English very quick for those who do not know German: Don’t do to others, what you don’t want others do to you.

That encourages me to think about all the bad things people have done to me in the past. (Or have they done negative things to me in the past?)

Have you heard about the GOLDEN RULE?

We find the Golden Rule in the Bible in Matthew 7:12. There the Lord Jesus Christ says, “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the  Law and the Prophets.”

That encourages me to think about all the good things I can do to others.

Let us encourage each other to let go of negative thoughts. Let us encourage each other to move away from negative cycles of thinking. Let us encourage each other to change the way we frame our negative thoughts.

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr

Flowers at Lake Taupo

“Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside. But those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the field.” – Exodus 9:20,21

THE CROSS

“But I have raised you up

Exodus 9:16,17

Intr.:

for this very purpose,

a.  that I might show you my power and

b.  that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

End:

You still set yourself against my people …”