The sun came out this week and suddenly everyone has more energy. We think of ourselves as constants, but it's amazing how little it takes to alter our outlook on life. I notice the effect of being early or late by just a few minutes, losing or gaining a few dollars, hearing one positive or negative remark. Psychologists have discovered that it only takes a few subtle cues to make us more anxious or more confident.
We are so changeable, and we have a habit of confusing our emotions with God's. We feel open and energized one day, and so we believe that God is a positive force in our lives. We feel tired and irritable another day, so we decide that God is distant and judgmental.
This is why we need the discipline of regular worship and prayer. If we come to God over and over, in our good moods and our bad ones, we can begin to see past our own ups and downs. We can start to experience the true constancy of God, whose love is patient and abiding. As we swoop up and down the roller coaster of life, God forms the track underneath, never letting us go.
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