Hey Negative Nancy.

Negativity seems to be the order of the day here in America. Whether it be Obama, Healthcare or BCS standings, everything is so negative. Why? We live in America where we have freedoms that other countries would die for. We just seem to be so negative as a society these days. People mad at people who have money. People mad at people on welfare. People mad at those with nicer things.  Looking around we see it in our media and especially in our social media today. Why?
I think its about what we think about. I think that we see others having an "easier" time and become frustrated. We see those on welfare as living an "easier" life because they don't have a 9-5 job. Those on welfare see those with a 9-5 having it "easier" and the want that. Those things are what we think on and it effects us negatively. Its like that sweet and wonderful couple in your church that cant have kids but we see so many babies aborted and given up each year. It makes us frustrated. We see or perceive someone else as having an "easier" life but that may not be the case. Its all about perceived appearance, or how it looks. We don't know the whole story about anybody or their situation. We think about and it effects us negatively. Its root is in our mind. We feel like we are missing out. We feel like we must keep up with the Jones. What that does is makes us a Negative Nancy. More importantly it shows God how much we don't appreciate the blessings that we currently have in our lives. If we would spend more time focused on what God has done for us in this life, outside of the sacrifice Jesus made for us, we would be truly grateful. Philippians 4:8 helps us learn this for fact.
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there anything worthy of praise, think about these things." I believe that if we would focus on these things our negativity would be removed from our life. If there is anything? There are so many things worthy of praise  in our lives, that it would take days to list. So think on these things and be positive.