We don’t have to live perfect lives—that’s impossible. But we can live good lives, and that comes from learning from our mistakes and not making them over again.

When things don’t go our way it’s tempting to get angry. A better ways is to laugh it off. When you choose to smile in the midst of chaos you’re choosing to rise above your circumstances.

Pastor Chuck Swindoll walks listeners through this collective gasp in John’s description of the seventh seal in Revelation 8:1–13. Destruction from the sky leaves no part of the earth untouched, from the land to the sea.

It’s easy to compare ourselves to others—but there’s no reason to! God made each of us unique and to Him we are works of art.