There are so many things in life we can't control. Ladies, we can't control our man~ at least we shouldn't be trying to. I can't even control the mood he walks in the door with each evening. We can't control our children's personal walk with the Lord. We can't control the price of gasoline or the ever rising prices we find at the grocery store. I can't even control my 11 chickens~ they keep scattering my mulch all over my sidewalk. My morning routine now includes sweeping the mulch back into my flower garden. Even after stern discipline they are uncontrollable!
I am constantly reminded time after time~ I am not in control of really that much. But there is one thing I am in control over. Ah ha~~! I am in control of my attitude. We do control our attitudes. How we respond to the circumstances in our lives ~from the large trials to the small every day annoyances ~they are in our control.
I get to choose each and every day what my responses are going to be. I decide if I am going to let Christ shine through my life by my attitude.
We all struggle with attitude. Sometimes we just need to get some rest and take better care of ourselves. When we are sick and tired it is hard to have a good attitude. Sometimes we need to spend some more time with our Saviour in His Word and prayer. Sometimes we just need to not dwell on all the negative things but on the blessings instead. I tell my children often ~" Get rid of the attitude." Maybe that is just good advice for us big kids too!
Did you know that your negative attitude and bad attitude spread to others? It has been said~ "An attitude is like electricity, except it travels faster and touches more people." A good attitude is one that is channeled, and one that helps build others up, just like electricity can be used to power our homes. While a bad attitude spreads quickly, destroying the attitudes of others, just like a spark in a forest can cause a wild fire.
" Get rid of the attitude." God is on the throne and He is still in control and that my Friend ~is reason enough today to have a great attitude!
Hebrews 10:23-25 (King James Version)
23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Philippians 2:4-5 (King James Version)
4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Have a fantastic day~
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