[God] is able to do immeasurably
more than all [you] ask or imagine.
—Ephesians 3:20
You are living well when . . .
- You don’t let a failure define you, refusing to allow “I failed” (an event) to become “I’m a failure” (an identity).
- You learn from the past but turn thumbs down on letting it define your future.
- You reject the impulse to let your attitudes and actions be dictated by the attitudes and actions of others.
- You don’t get so wrapped up in what you are against that no one knows what you are for.
- You refuse to poison today by worrying about tomorrow.
- You know that the greatest is not the one who is served but the one who serves.
- You cultivate the fruit of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Gal 5:22–23).
Live well, my friend.