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Make that your attitude, too
'Think on these things.' PHILIPPIANS 4:8
Your ability to succeed in life often comes down to a single choice: how you react to what has been done to you in the past, or is being done to you right now. Dr Viktor Frank endured the Holocaust by this principle. The Nazis killed his family, placed him in a concentration camp, starved and beat him.
When the war ended Frank was neither broken nor bitter. When asked how he endured such treatment with a positive outlook he said, 'Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.' Listen to the attitude God's Word calls us to adopt: 'I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious; the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse' (Philippians 4:8)
Every day you choose the clothes you wear, the food you eat, and the attitude you adopt. And there are only two kinds of attitudes; good ones and bad ones. A good attitude is the one the Psalmist adopted when he woke up each morning: 'This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it' (Psalms 118:24 NKJV). Make that your attitude too!
written by Bob Gass
