Focus on the good!

There are many times in our lives where our faith is shaken, or were challenged to see things in a different light. When those two things are mixed, God adds a whole new depth too your life & to your challenge. But you have to make the best of it, or it will rob you of your joy!
When you feel like things in life are getting in the way of what makes you happy, you know God isn't in the equation anymore. Because if you had God there and you knew that, you wouldn't be thinking so negatively.
A passage/verse that helped me through a hard time is Psalm 143:8-12
"8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge.[a]
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground!
11 For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life!
In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
12 And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your servant."

I pray that when my life is in a spot I can't untangle from, & God is in control. When you know God can take control over your life & accept you as you are; things in your life will be made a blessing to you. Because if not focusing on the good things, what's worth smiling about?
Persevere in life & reach the goal in Jesus that you need to. You will always deserve his love, you just have to want it.

Some other verses:
Proverbs 17:22
"A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."
Philippians 4:6
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."
Philippians 4:13
"I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

Now I know this week I was a little all over the place with that "lesson". Just take it in anyway that your heart can & God bless you!
Smile.