There was a little boy who loved to play in his backyard with his ball and bat. Every day he’d put on his baseball cap, grab his ball and bat and go outside and start tossing the ball in the air. As the ball descended, the boy would say to himself, “I’m the greatest hitter in the world!” Then he’d swing and miss. So he would would pick up the ball again and toss it in the air, and as the ball descended, he would say to himself, “I’m the greatest hitter in the world!” And he’d swing and miss again. Undeterred, the boy would toss, swing and miss over and over again, but every time he would say to himself in a louder voice, and with more force, “I am the greatest pitcher in the world!!!

This little guy had a great attitude! And as Christians we would be wise to heed his example. Sometimes we can’t change the circumstances in our lives, but as the little boy showed us, we can change our attitude. So in the midst of every experience, whether good or bad, we should praise the LORD. Habakkuk 3:17-18 NKJV: Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor the fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls–yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.