For generations the "power of positive thinking" has been touted throughout our land. It is among the most popular and utilized thoughts and themes we have ever known. Cutting across all strata of social and economic patterns it is generally a principle espoused.

While the influence generated is obvious, secular and less than desirable ways of life have utilized it. It is frequently taken from a Christian basis and becomes a means to achieve ends that at a minimum are questionable. Of course, there are those who would find this line of thought simply narrow.

Saint Paul wants you and me to know and be convinced there is an idea and person far more profound than the common understanding of the "power of positive thinking." There is this gift of our Savior that makes our lives "Yes" under h…