chapter five -- being POSITIVE

Hello Ladies....

First of all -- WELL DONE...we are at chapter five, beginning a book study and keeping up with it takes time and persistence and obedience.  Well done.  I commend you.  I realize this task can be a hardship at times...with kids...with a job...with a home, finding time to read, comment, and then respond can be hard. Just wanted you to know - God knows it too.  Bless you.

Second of all....this chapter is LONG...FULL....full of stuff.  I have read it about 3x and each time I read it, I think of something else and how being positive changed this or that.  How about you?

At the beginning of the chapter she speaks about the avoidance of hope, as a way of protection against being hurt.  That was deep.  I started  to ponder...of the times I wanted to avoid hope, but then the outcome was .......  And I pondered about a time when all I could do was hope and it hurt.  How about you?

Joyce also commented:  "when I really began to study the Word and to trust God to restore me, one of the first things I realized was that the negativism had to go".

I want to camp on that....

Would you respond this week?

Please answer these questions:

1.  Do you think you are a negative person?
2.  If you think Yes...do you believe God can change that?  Do you want to change that?
2.  If you think No...how do you handle people that are negative around you?

Would you share?

And finally:
3.  MAKE a list of 5 positive things...don't think too hard, right off the top of your head and just share:

OK -- that is it for this week.  I hope to read several responses....
I will start.

Am  negative?

  No, I don't think so and yes, it is hard to handle negative ones around me.  I tend to just listen and then avoid them.  I will pray for them...but, I try my best to stay away.  I want to get to learn how to talk or share with them in a positive way.

My positives:      1.  Thursday is my birthday.
                             2.  I know that I know that I love GOD and what that means and entails.
                 3.  I love my husband.
             4.  Taylor..my daughter
           5.  Hunter..my son.    Oh wait, I am sort of mad at him right now...so #5 is...we are moving into a newer, bigger house this weekend with a POOL...yes a POOL....Yeah!

Now it is YOUR turn.