You will be blessed when you come in
and blessed when you go out.
Did you ever have one of these days...
I woke up from what I thought was a decent nights sleep, and the first thing I do is step in dog pee. Fortunately I was on the way to the bathroom so I decided to go ahead and take a shower. As I stepped out of the shower and started to dry my hair, not only did I realize that I didn't shave (because of my aggravation with stepping in dog pee), but I also didn't rinse out the conditioner in my hair. Well after I take care of all that, I go to get my coffee, realizing that the reservoir for the Keurig needed to be filled...but we had no more distilled water. So tap isn't bad, so I filled the reservoir with tap water, then as I open the drawer for the coffee...there is NO coffee...only tea. Okay, so I make hot tea. I head upstairs to worship and read and pray...fortunately the internet is working as I stream some worship music. Then as I'm drinking my tea, I mis-judge where my mouth is and spill tea down the front of me. So back downstairs (not finishing my praying), change clothes, then head out to the truck to head to work because now I am running behind time. I get to the end of the first road and realize that I not only forgot to make lunch for the day, but I forgot to eat breakfast. Of course today would be the day that traffic would be the worse it has been in weeks, and of the 32 traffic lights I have to go through, I get a red light at 26 of them! You can imagine by now I'm grumbling, saying things I shouldn't say...and I've only been up for 2 hours!
Things are going to happen, whether we like them or not. But its our attitude that dictates how we handle all of that. God says that I am blessed coming in and blessed going out. Now I can tell you that particular day I told you about I certainly wasn't feeling blessed that morning...but the truth is I AM blessed! God's word overrides all of our perceptions of what is going on. Although I had a bunch of "crap" go on that morning...the truth was I was still blessed!
Unfortunately, the rest of my day was exactly as the beginning of it. Why? Because my attitude didn't change...in fact it got worse as the day went on. HOWEVER had I started speaking God's truth to the situation..."Kent, you are blessed going out AND coming in"...my whole attitude would've been different. All of those things probably would still have happened, but my attitude would've been different. I would have been more stable instead of wanting to take somebody out that day.
We have a choice each day that will determine how our day is going to go. We can believe God's truth that whatever happens, I am still blessed...or I can let circumstances dictate how my day is going to go. Its up to you!
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