Scriptures

When I was reading scriptures and quotes/motivations for today, these really stood out for me. When I put them together, in my heart I felt God is telling me to look beyond an obvious reason for why these are together, do a bit of searching. And ya know, that made sense. When I looked at the scripture then the quote and motivation I found myself questioning WHAT they really had to do with each other. I sat back and re-read Corinthians. "if anyone is in Christ"...old is gone and the new has come.

As you read the quote and motivation think about your life prior to knowing Christ vs. knowing Christ.

-Dee

Scripture

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Quote:

The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.
-- Tex Cobb, boxer and actor

Motivation

Rise to the Challenges

You can rise to the challenges or you can let them push you down. You can make the best of them, or you can let them get the best of you. It all depends on how you respond. It all depends on how you see yourself.
If you see yourself as a victim, you will be. Life's difficulties will quickly overpower you if you let them. When you see yourself as a participant in life, as an effective and positively focused force, not only will the challenges yield to your involvement, they will serve to make you stronger.
Look at each challenge as an opportunity. What can you learn from it? What can you do with it? How can you bring about something positive because of it?
When faced with a challenge, ask yourself this question. How can I respond to this challenge so that a year from now, looking back at the experience, I'll be overwhelmingly thankful that it came along?
The challenges are there and they will keep on coming. Rise to the challenges. It's a great way to powerfully lift yourself up.