Live above your circumstances

more encouragement 

By Susan Miller. From After the Boxes Are Unpacked

How do you live above, and not under, your circumstances? How do you live in contentment and peace, and live with joy after a hard move, or any major life change?

When you make the choice to live above your circumstances by changing the focus of your life, then living in contentment and peace with joy, can come. 

You see my friend, 

when you focus on God by knowing His character and His attributes, 

when you saturate your mind and heart with His word, 

when you  begin to grasp the magnitude of His love and care for you,

when you allow Him to use your struggles to transform you,

when you embrace His presence with your whole being,

when you finally recognize that life is more than your circumstances and you really “get†Jesus, 

then you will know the contentment, peace, and joy that comes from an intimate relationship with Him.

Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, God could be using your circumstances to draw you closer to Him?  You may not have recognized emptiness as a thirst for Him that only He can fill.