Think about it. He’s been asked, nae, sent, to save whole world. That’s not exactly a miniscule assignment. On top of that, He knows that in order to accomplish this, He will have to suffer and die—on a cross, beaten bloody, and humiliated. That’s not exactly most comforting thought in world.

And so, He had to ask God one more time if this plan was really necessary. Apparently answer was, “Yes, it’s necessary.” In my mind I can see Jesus say, “Well, okay then.” He stands up and walks forward into His future.

Here’s thing though, while we’re in “hard,” it’s tempting to give up. It’s tempting to say, “This isn’t worth it” and walk away from God’s ultimate dream for us. But if we do… if we walk away because it’s too hard… we will miss glorious resurrection day. We will miss that day on which God takes our dream, molds it into His vision and releases it to world in a burst of golden light.

Sure, it could be easier, but then triumph of our Easter Sunday wouldn’t be met with such rejoicing. And who knows, if we didn’t go through our Good Friday, Easter might never come at all.

Copyright Staci Stallings 2003

You can shift your perspective from being a victim to being a creator. You can move from shadow to sunny side of street.

To get there you need to shift your resonance with 'failure' scripts to resonate with success scripts.

How to do this? Unique tools to counter those negative thoughts are positive affirmations. If you get up in morning thinking ‘Another rotten day’, your day will turn out quite differently, than when you get up thinking: „Another exciting day for wonderful experiences! “You meet reality outside that you first create in your mind.

Positive affirmations directly affect your conscious and subconscious mind.

To use them effectively, follow three basic guidelines.

1. Base your affirmations on clear, rational assessments of facts and not on a dream world. If you are struggling with getting your basic needs met, an affirmation stating: „I effortlessly meet my basic needs“ will be much more effective than a statement: „I am a millionaire“ although people who made it to that stage usually make good use of positive affirmations.

2. State your affirmations in present tense so that your mind knows that what you want to achieve is already happening. Present tense means: ‘I have now’ instead of ‘I would like to have’ in some distant future

3. Use positive words in your affirmations. An affirmation saying: „I am happy and content“ will be effective while an affirmation saying: ‘I will not suffer anymore’ will have opposite effect. The mind registers word ‘suffer’ and neglects ‘not anymore’. It will do its best to create situations of suffering.

A very effective way to come up with positive affirmations that are spot on for you is to catch your negative thoughts and create their opposites.

If you think ‘I will never make it’, opposite could be ‘It’s easy for me to achieve my goals’ or ‘I see mistakes as a great opportunity to find out what works for me’.

If you think ‘It's never enough’, opposites could be

* Money is an unlimited reservoir of energy * I always have enough and will always have enough * I always have something to give

* I give from my heart, and I know that it will return to me

For next three days, watch your thoughts. When you catch a negative one, write it down.

After three days, you will have noticed some favourites. You want to change those first.

If you would like some help for your practice, check out free courses and distance courses on my website.