Whenever asked, \u201cHow are you?\u201d we have typical answers.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
My answers too are pretty limited. But what qualifies \u201cgood\u201d in my mind? What makes for a good day or a good week?<\/p>\n
I think, unfortunately, it mostly has to do with how I\u2019m feeling, life going my way, my plans getting accomplished, or things panning out in my favor.<\/p>\n
Do you realize how self-centered our views of a good day often are?<\/em><\/p>\n Often\u00a0my interpretation of \u201cgood day\u201d needs to be redefined. You see, we don\u2019t have to have joyful, happy things happen every day in order for it to qualify as a good day.<\/p>\n Those truths don\u2019t negate that days (or weeks, or months!) can be very difficult. But in the midst of hard times, we need to continually look up to the eternal realities that are unchanging (2 Cor. 4:18). We can be honest about the challenges we\u2019re facing and yet still hope in God (Psalm 13).<\/p>\n Looking up to God can radically change our perspective. And it\u2019s not because things suddenly got better circumstantially, but because we are reshaping our view of good with an eternal lens. \u201cGood\u201d isn\u2019t about us any more, it\u2019s about learning to love and worship God more deeply no matter what is thrown at us in a given week.<\/p>\n I want to work to answer more honestly, but hopefully, so when things aren\u2019t going so well I can still answer, \u201cToday has been hard, but God has been faithful to me in this way\u2026”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n