How I think about Discouragement – Part 2

#2: Discouragement is Temporary.

The best thing to remember when discouragement hits is that it’s not forever! I have adopted a phase that says, “Don’t worry, Matt, it won’t look like this forever.” When I was a kid I used to love watching these painter guy on PBS after school. Inevitably he would start whatever he was painting with some horrible shade of gray or tan. I can remember thinking, “What are you doing? That’s gonna look horrible!” But somehow, within a few minutes he had turned that clump of gray into a cool picture.

Discouragement is a snapshot, not a whole picture. When we’re in a season of discouragement it’s easy to begin thinking that this is the whole picture of your life. What we must remember is that it’s just a snapshot, not the whole thing. Don’t be too quick to judge your entire life by one snapshot. That would be like summarizing someone’s life by their Kindergarten picture. There’s no way it could or should be done.

Where have you been tempted to Over-estimate your life in light of a discouraging season you find yourself in?

Just a bloggish thought,

matt