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Just one of those days
By Laura Higgins
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you ever have one of those days when you wake up totally energized,
full of vim and vigor? Today is not one of those days. Even as I
sit here, my mood is still smarting from a day gone bad. Now, the
way I see it, I have two options: wallow in misery or pull myself
up by my bootstraps and get over it. Clearly my second choice is
the better of the two, but when was the last time you tried to pull
yourself out of a bad mood? By the time you've accomplished your
goal, you're too exhausted to enjoy the freedom.
"Why are you downcast oh my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put
your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my savior, and my God"
(Ps. 42:5). All of us in this world will experience, at one point
or another, some (to use the biblically correct term) trials.
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though we are children of God and a part of His system, we are still
in a natural world where Satan runs the show. No matter how great
we feel about ourselves, he can still slip in and hurt us. It is
during these moments that he adds in the final punch- the infamous
attitude slump. Maybe we conquered the trial okay, but it is the
residual bitterness, hurt and distaste that can cause us to throw
in the towel.
Emotions are a huge part of being human. God created us to react
to emotional stimuli. Jesus cried, too. But Jesus didn't allow himself
to keep the negative attitude. At the very least, half of our battle
is attitude. When you allow your heart to harbor all the foul things
that have happened to you in the last 24 hours, it drags your spirit
down and blocks the channels through which God is able to communicate
with you. In the long run, it is simply not worth the time and energy
to remain in a bad mood. Antidepressants are among the top selling
drugs in the entire world. Why? Because we have allowed a bad hour
to become a day, a week, a year, a lifetime.
Imagine the things I could have accomplished this morning had I
not been moping. Sad isn't it? So the question today is a challenge
to you and to me. We can sink into the bog of misery or fly high
on the wings of anticipation.
Personally, I prefer to fly.
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