How do you overcome?

This could be a pretty deep question. It is one that I have thought a lot about lately.

How do I overcome?

Well, let me give you a few examples of how I have overcome in the past.

~overeating

~calling a friend on the phone

~throwing a fit

~getting angry

~having a pity party.....

You get the idea. Well, I am learning that not only are these not really ways to overcome, they are very unhealthy ways to deal with problems. In the past when I have tried to overcome by these examples, I only hurt myself. And I was not really accomplishing the task of trying to overcome.

I just googled the word "overcome and here is what I found-

over·come

1.to get the better of in competition, struggle, etc.; conquer
2.to master, prevail over, or surmount to overcome obstacles
3.to make helpless; overpower or overwhelm

WOW!!!! Reading that was a moment for me!!!

To get the better of in a struggle, to conquer, to overcome obstacles, to make helpless! So this to me means that when we truly overcome we make the enemy helpless!!!!

Now back to my original point.

The way that I now overcome is to praise through the storm, in the midst of a battle I sing praises to my Daddy God, instead of getting angry or depressed I choose to be happy and positive. And just to make this clear, I have NO power in myself to do any of this. Yes, I do have a choice each day to either be positive or negative BUT GOD is the one that gives me the power to make that choice.

So in closing this post, really think about this question, How do you overcome?