Mother Stuart said, "Never allow yourself to yield to discouragement." I think we all need to remember this as so often we seem to be caught up in bad news, or we get discouraged because we want to do many things and then do not have the time nor the energy to do them.
What do you do when you find yourself feeling discouraged? No matter why you are discouraged, stop and consider the good things that are happening and that gives us courage to face the difficult things. Most of all, let us turn to the Lord who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and loves each of us with an infinite love. When we realize this, it gives us hope and joy and banishes all discouragement.
I must admit that it is not easy to stay hopeful and joyful with the headlines in the papers always alerting us to the bad things that are happening in our world. Those things like war, natural disasters, famine, floods, fires, etc. are terrible and cause a huge amount of suffering. We need to respond by prayer and whatever help we can give, but we need to see the good that is being done by so many to alleviate the suffering, to feed the hungry, to rescue those caught in earthquakes, floods, and fires, etc.
I guess I am saying that "every cloud has a silver lining" and we need to learn how to keep seeing the good and not be discouraged. It is not easy, but it is possible. Trust the Lord who can bring good out of evil.
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