Perspectives:.

Recently i have been thinking a lot about perspectives.
On how we can allow our minds and our responds to be more optimistic than pessimistic.

I am reminded about an illustration that a pastor gave during his sermon last week
about 2 shoe company's salespersons that are being sent to Africa to survey whether it is a good target market.
One of the salesperson came back and said: "No one wears shoe there, no one will want to wear shoes- it's a bad idea to export it there"
The second sales person came back and said: "No one wears shoe there. GREAT, we can introduce it and have all people start wearing shoes"

Perspectives.

While writing this post, i also keep on thinking about the 12 men that Moses sent to explore Canaan. 10 came back with bad reports that Canaan is full of giants and they will not be able to enter the land. However, Joshua and Caleb saw that Canaan is full of milk and honey and believe that God will give them Canaan (in Numbers 13-14)

Again, Perspectives.

Lord, teach me to always see my cups as full or half full and never as half-empty.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 (NLT)