Originally posted on July 14, 2011
Ugghhh
— we all have them. The “could one more thing possibly go wrong today?” days…or
even just the ho-hum days where you couldn’t buy motivation if a salesman
brought it to your door. I have them too. But how we handle or react to those
days is still a chance to bring glory to God.
If
you’re having the awful, no-good, terrible really bad day type…are you snapping
at those around you, taking it out on your kids, your co-workers or your spouse?
Its really easy to do that but days like this are a good opportunity to
re-focus and put things in perspective. I love Francesca Batestelli’s song: This is the Stuff — particularly the
line that says, “in the middle of my little mess, I forget how big I’m blessed”
Isn’t that the truth!?
So
I encourage you to take a moment to stop and pray next time you’re having a
“why me?” moment…or a “why can’t something go my way?” day! Ask God to help
remind you of just how blessed you are — and then commit to passing that on to
someone. At the church my husband and I attend, our Pastor regularly reminds us
that we’re blessed to be a blessing. So choose not to let the little
things drag you down or make you unlovely towards others. Choose to be a
blessing to someone else and see if that doesn’t turn your day around!
The
same is true for those ho-hum days when you just don’t feel like doing
ANYTHING, yet God wants us to be good stewards of our time. I find that when I
simply take a moment to be thankful that have 2 legs, 2 arms, that I can see,
and that I’ve been blessed with this wonderful home and acreage…it doesn’t long
before I’m up and ready to get after it!
Enjoy Francesca’s song here — it’s a catchy little diddy that gets stuck in my head
and I love that cause it totally changes my mood! Hope it does the same for you
~Lenay
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