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A prayer for perspective by Dick Woodward.

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God who gives generously to all without finding

faults and it will be given to you, James 1.5.

Perspective means to look through to the end.

I learned a helpful spiritual discipline on my faith journey when I asked God to give me his

perspective of the long view and the forward look. I now find it helpful

to look up and ask God to give me his perspective as I take the long view back at the events

of my life. I believe it does wonders for a perspective when we regularly

shake ourselves out of our introspective pity parties, look up and ask for God's long perspective of our life in both directions.

Robertson McQuilkin, a spiritual leader I deeply respect, teaches it is easier to move

to a consistent and problem-free extreme than to remain at the center of tension on any biblical issue,

but the truth is often found at the center.

In an interview, Rick Warren was asked how he felt about his wife's cancer.

He reflected that he once thought life was a series of mountaintops and valleys,

but he has now decided life is like a railroad track. The left rail

represents this hard reality. There is always something bad in our life because

God is more interested in our character than he is in our comfort.

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