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Given the world in which we live, with the deteriorating global economy, the increasing conflicts between nations and the endless fear of terrorism in regions around the globe, it would seem that these are impossible times for optimism. Some would even say you'd have to be insane to be positive at a time like this!
So what about you, your family, your friends? Are worry, concern and pessimism
affecting your view of life in today's world?
Many think the real choice is between two mutually exclusive options: being either a blind optimist or a hardened pessimist. However, a further look at the facts (including the Bible) will help us understand that there's a positive choice involving neither of those two options. That third choice is being a hopeful, informed and optimistic realist!
The key word here is hope. However, meaningful hope must be based on fact and conviction to be of any value. These days, too many people have ideas and opinions about this world and its troubles that don't offer a lot a hope. But hope that is based on facts enables a person to look at the future with some optimism, with an understanding and deep conviction that things will get better because God says so!
Do you want to have genuine optimism about life and the future? If your answer is "yes," then reflect on these three action steps toward a positive outlook:
History reveals that life for the true Christian in Rome during the first century was quite difficult. The problems included a tough economy, legal slave trade, gambling and sex trade, pagan worship and persecution. Yet through it all, Paul said, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28, emphasis added).
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