Pessimism Isn't the Way to Think By (TMF:1618)

Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Peace to Live By: Pessimism Isn't the Way to Think By (TMF:1618) - Daniel Litton
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       Before I was saved back in high school, I was a very negative and pessimistic person. If you ever met a person who could be a downer, it was me. I was so good at stating the negative, that I gained a reputation for being funny due to my sarcasm. It seemed good at the time to be liked for being so funny. Now, after I become saved, I was still a negative and pessimistic person. Once I was seeking to align my mouth with Christ, I realized, years after my conversion, that I didn’t automatically lose my pessimism. It just didn’t go away on its own. Some things we lose our desire for right when we become converted. I lost my desire to cuss; it was gone. But I was still a negative person. So, what did I have to do once God pointed this out to me? I had to start deciding, on a daily basis, that I was not going to be that way anymore. I had to decide I was going to replace my negative, pessimistic thoughts with positive, optimistic, hopeful thoughts.