Paco 500 Journal Entry 5
Week 5
Reference: According to Cloud (2007), “Successful people do not hang on to bad stuff for too long. Déjà vu people get rid of bad stuff. Period. Sometimes quickly and sometimes through a process, but they get rid of it” (45).
Reflection:
As I read this passage I was immediately reminded of Paul’s words in Philippians 4:8 encouraging the Philippians to guard their thinking and guard their mind. Cloud reiterates in another fashion, the importance of focusing on the positives or solutions, if you will, instead of the negatives and problems. The way one thinks ultimately affects one’s outlook on life and situations. As such, when one becomes dominated by negative thinking it causes them to be negative. We must learn to let go of life’s problems and let God use them to work His redemptive power in our lives. We must take the seeming tragedies of this life and fashion them to bring God the ultimate glory and honor.
Response:
Dear Heavenly Father, please help me understand the importance of learning to focus on your power and help me to see the positive side of life. Help me to learn to think according to Philippians 4:8, to filter my thoughts through Scripture, and to find comfort and strength that is only found in You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
References
Cloud, Henry. 2007. Nine things you must simply do to succeed in love and life: A psychologist probes the mystery of why some lives really work and others don’t. Nashville, TN: Thomas
Reference: According to Cloud (2007), “Successful people do not hang on to bad stuff for too long. Déjà vu people get rid of bad stuff. Period. Sometimes quickly and sometimes through a process, but they get rid of it” (45).
Reflection:
As I read this passage I was immediately reminded of Paul’s words in Philippians 4:8 encouraging the Philippians to guard their thinking and guard their mind. Cloud reiterates in another fashion, the importance of focusing on the positives or solutions, if you will, instead of the negatives and problems. The way one thinks ultimately affects one’s outlook on life and situations. As such, when one becomes dominated by negative thinking it causes them to be negative. We must learn to let go of life’s problems and let God use them to work His redemptive power in our lives. We must take the seeming tragedies of this life and fashion them to bring God the ultimate glory and honor.
Response:
Dear Heavenly Father, please help me understand the importance of learning to focus on your power and help me to see the positive side of life. Help me to learn to think according to Philippians 4:8, to filter my thoughts through Scripture, and to find comfort and strength that is only found in You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
References
Cloud, Henry. 2007. Nine things you must simply do to succeed in love and life: A psychologist probes the mystery of why some lives really work and others don’t. Nashville, TN: Thomas
References: Cloud, Henry. 2007. Nine things you must simply do to succeed in love and life: A psychologist probes the mystery of why some lives really work and others don’t. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson.