I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions…I just think they’re kind of silly. 

But I do think it’s good to (at any time of the year) set your heart and mind on applying something good in your life.  The most worthy things don’t come easily…

…being filled with the fruits of rightesousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:11

I happened to read this list a few weeks ago, and have made it my daily goal.  If I ever accomplish all five in one single day it will truly be a miracle from God.  

E.B. Pusey suggested rules for those who wish to gain contentment that surely reflect Jesus’ own attitude:

1. Allow thyself to complain of nothing, not even the weather.

2. Never picture thyself to thyself under any circumstances in which thou are not.

3. Never compare thine own lot with that of another.

4. Never allow thyself to dwell on the wish that this or that had been, or were, otherwise than it was, or is.  God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou doest thyself.

5. Never dwell on the morrow.  Remember that it is God’s not thine.  The heaviest part of sorrow often is to look forward to it.  “The Lord will provide.”

-Elisabeth Elliot
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