Oh Happy Day!

My Phillip, our granddog, Gabe, and Superman's treasured dump truck


"You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,
which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
and to put on the new self, created to
be like God in true righteousness and holiness." (Eph. 4:22-24)

         My superman's one of the most content fellows I know; and at the farm in his dump truck, he's happier than a piggy in a Mississippi mud puddle.

        Proverbs 23:7 states "as [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he." More than circumstances, it is the thoughts of our minds and attitude of our hearts that determines our well-being. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, an American author and poet, once wrote, "Tis the set of the sails and not the gales that tells us the way to go."

      In Scripture after Scripture, the Lord teaches the beneficial or destructive impact of thoughts and attitude. 

Sarah Young in her "40 Days with Jesus" said:

      "Do not listen to voices...not from [God]...
Let the Spirit take charge of your mind,
combing out tangles of deception.
Be transformed
by the truth
that [God] lives in you!"

Having a happy day? Check your thoughts and attitude and "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence, and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things"(Phil. 4:8).