Originally posted on Facebook on Monday, May 23, 2022.

Some days, like today, I find myself feeling bad about where I am in worldly terms: what I look like, what I want and don't have, etc..

The temptation is to do something to make myself feel better in that worldly context (to eat something I enjoy, buy something I want, to do something for recognition, etc.) when the key is to completely change contexts –from worldly to godly.

To change these contexts is to abandon earthly considerations; don't worry about it and to shift focus from myself to God, to what He's doing, to how I can be a part of it, to confidence in its beauty and its goodness –to trust God.

Discontent and worry are the opposite of trust.

Very often, the remedy for a sad countenance, discouragement and a downcast heart is a new heart –one secure in God.

So, my prayer in this hour is Psalms 51:10-13,

"Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit."

https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.51.10-13.NKJV