This is the victory that has
overcome the world, even our faith.
—1 John 5:4
Yesterday didn’t go well for her. Neither did the day before that. And today was no better. “It’s always something, isn’t it?” she whined.
A second lady—who sat on the same pew—had a mountain of problems compared to the molehill headaches of the first. But her disposition was different. I never heard her complain. Not once. When things went south, she would smile and say, “Oh, well.” She walked through life with a lighter step, a more joyful heart—and more friends.
Want to know her favorite scripture? “These troubles and sufferings of ours are, after all, quite small and won’t last very long. . . .The troubles will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever” (2 Cor 4:17, 18).
You are the only person in
charge of your disposition.