Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”—Luke 9:62 (NIV)
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale said, “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” But what if your world changes and you’re stuck on the way that things where? Shift your focus and ask God to help you stay calm and gracefully accept the new situation.
Father God, it’s hard to let go of what was—but I will— because I trust Your plan and Your timing.
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.—Genesis 1:21 (NIV)
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.—Colossians 3:23 (ESV)
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.—Romans 12:2 (ESV)
