A Lesson Worth Learning

If there is one thing I’ve learned from being pregnant…it’s this. Life is all about how you see things and then how you react to them.

Today has been a rough pregnancy day. Actually, the past couple of days have been. It feels as if Charlotte is growing but I am not. Therefore, her kicks have gotten stronger but I have less to block them with. She’s reaching parts of me that she couldn’t before and well, getting kicked in the ribs and down below at the same time is not fun. Actually, it hurts. A LOT. And many other negative things result from it.

So of course, part of me wants to lay on the couch and complain about how sick I feel and how much she’s hurting me. But thank God there is a part of me that just laughs because I know this is so temporary. And if you can picture it, it really is kind of funny.

I know there is a life lesson in this and I’m pretty sure it’s not too hard to figure out. All situations can be good or bad…it’s just how you see it and what you’re going to do about it.

A Lesson Worth Learning

If there is one thing I’ve learned from being pregnant…it’s this. Life is all about how you see things and then how you react to them.

Today has been a rough pregnancy day. Actually, the past couple of days have been. It feels as if Charlotte is growing but I am not. Therefore, her kicks have gotten stronger but I have less to block them with. She’s reaching parts of me that she couldn’t before and well, getting kicked in the ribs and down below at the same time is not fun. Actually, it hurts. A LOT. And many other negative things result from it.

So of course, part of me wants to lay on the couch and complain about how sick I feel and how much she’s hurting me. But thank God there is a part of me that just laughs because I know this is so temporary. And if you can picture it, it really is kind of funny.

I know there is a life lesson in this and I’m pretty sure it’s not too hard to figure out. All situations can be good or bad…it’s just how you see it and what you’re going to do about it.

What An Attitude!!

There are many days in this nice 9 month journey that I’m just Jess with a belly. But then there are other days…and those days seem to be getting more frequent now that I’m in my third trimester. I’m talking about the days when I laugh, cry, become sad, then happy, hate everyone and love everything all within an hour.  Can’t relate? Well that’s okay…today’s post isn’t about pregnancy or mood swings or hormones. It’s about attitude.

Although I realize it’s perfectly normal to be hormonally imbalanced at this point in my life, I’ve also been made aware that I don’t have to give in to it. I can fight against the urge to throw keys at an annoying landlord office worker and not cry in the middle of Home Depot. I can wake up with a sore back and do some stretches to make it better. I can look at the rainy sky and completely stopped traffic and breathe a sigh of relief that I’m still happy, healthy and loved. Attitude and control really can make such a difference in my life if I give them the power to do so.

And then earlier today I realized that it’s not just me that God is speaking to about this…the rest of my post is from my bloggy friend’s post. And I swear, we didn’t talk about this. Take a read below and read the full post here:

It’s hard to be upset and play the victim role when you know God knows what He is doing. So we choose to trust in Him. We choose to stay positive. We choose whether we allow outside drama into our lives. We choose whether we allow ourselves to take our eyes off God and instead look at the worldly ways. We choose to find the good along with the bad.

While we may not always be able to choose our circumstances, we can choose our reaction to them.

We can choose our attitude.

……….I love the following quote by Charles R. Swindoll……..

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.

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Attitude of Worry

It’s Saturday morning and like all normal households, I’m reading/blogging and Chris is DJing for his monthly podcast. Not normal? No I guess not. But either way, creativity is a huge part of our lives and we both agree that it’s how God speaks to us most frequently. Today is no exception.

As I’m finishing up reading chapter 6 in the book of Matthew Chris starts playing a song that (I think) says the word attitude over and over again. (If you’re into dance music you probably understand why I’m not positive this is what’s being said!) Anyway, so while reading Matthew 6:25 – 27 God speaks to me not only about the worry that He’s teaching us about in His word, but that it’s more than that. It’s not just about faith in God and not worrying about things beyond our control, but it’s about the attitude you have towards life. The attitude you have about God. You can have faith in God but still walk around with doubt leaking from your pores. Or you could have faith in God and walk around with a smile so big no one would ever question it. What it comes down to is choice. It’s our attitude and it’s our God that make life what it is.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” – Matthew 6:25-27, NIV

Hmm…I also just read about forgiveness AND the song he just played DEFINITELY said forgiveness over and over again….our God is so awesome. I think I have a phone call to make.