It appears I have been on an "Attitude" theme and didn't even realize it. This past week has been chocked full of emotional events and I was trying to figure out what to write about when my computer completely refused to work for me this morning. And then it dawned on me, my favorite Beatitude that isn't written in the Bible, but there are plenty of verses to prove it.
Blessed are the flexible, for they never get bent out of shape.
I don't know who came up with it, but I sometimes remind myself of it multiple times daily. We know we are not the ones in control and that God is. There are days we might get upset because that stoplight stayed red too long, one too many people asked you to get something done right this minute, or you meant to mow the yard on your day off and it is pouring. We are tempted to get upset about these things and the thing is, we don't see the big picture and we don't know what chain reaction any one of these things can be starting, or better yet, can be keeping you out of harm's way.
I know I have used this very same passage before but Philippians 2:2-4 pretty well sums up what we are to do.
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
I think I have concentrated on the doing nothing out of selfish ambition before, but this one really focuses on valuing others about yourselves, and sometimes, when things just aren't going your way, you must remember that the "other" might just be God himself, who we should always look to instead of ourselves.
All of this being said, my computer is pressing my own limits as it has a problem this morning. Ironically, my first thought was to get to my blog through my iPad and tell you all I was having technical difficulties. And yes, this was AFTER I had decided this was today's topic. So, this is God giving me a little test this morning, to see if I am practicing what I preach.
So, this one is short, mainly because it is late, but the computer didn't get the best of me. It may have changed my plans a little, and yes, I probably could have delved deeper into this subject, but most of my readers "get the picture" so here it is. And there are days, I wish I could say as much in as few of sentences as the writers in Our Daily Bread, so I will just tell myself I did.
As I was thinking about this topic, I also thought about Building 429's " We Won't Be Shaken. So that is what I am leaving you with today.
Hope you all have a great week!
Blessed are the flexible, for they never get bent out of shape.
I don't know who came up with it, but I sometimes remind myself of it multiple times daily. We know we are not the ones in control and that God is. There are days we might get upset because that stoplight stayed red too long, one too many people asked you to get something done right this minute, or you meant to mow the yard on your day off and it is pouring. We are tempted to get upset about these things and the thing is, we don't see the big picture and we don't know what chain reaction any one of these things can be starting, or better yet, can be keeping you out of harm's way.
I know I have used this very same passage before but Philippians 2:2-4 pretty well sums up what we are to do.
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
I think I have concentrated on the doing nothing out of selfish ambition before, but this one really focuses on valuing others about yourselves, and sometimes, when things just aren't going your way, you must remember that the "other" might just be God himself, who we should always look to instead of ourselves.
All of this being said, my computer is pressing my own limits as it has a problem this morning. Ironically, my first thought was to get to my blog through my iPad and tell you all I was having technical difficulties. And yes, this was AFTER I had decided this was today's topic. So, this is God giving me a little test this morning, to see if I am practicing what I preach.
So, this one is short, mainly because it is late, but the computer didn't get the best of me. It may have changed my plans a little, and yes, I probably could have delved deeper into this subject, but most of my readers "get the picture" so here it is. And there are days, I wish I could say as much in as few of sentences as the writers in Our Daily Bread, so I will just tell myself I did.
As I was thinking about this topic, I also thought about Building 429's " We Won't Be Shaken. So that is what I am leaving you with today.
Hope you all have a great week!
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