I'm learning that lately. Your perspective can change your attitude for the better or worse. It can make your day longer than it needs to be. For example, I hate going grocery shopping. Seriously, I've even waited until we even ate most of our canned good. Fridge was empty besides condiments. Yeah, it was bad! Dinners were let me say... creative! :D Yet, God can change my perspective. After a tight week here and there, I leave the grocery store thanking God for the food He has provided. Amazing difference, isn't it?
Even my home is still not finished after 2 years. Yes, I'd love to get new floors or have my bathrooms completely finished. (our home is a fixer upper!) Yet, I thank God every night for the gift of a home for my family. I know what it is like to be in between places to live. I know what it is like to move your family and while moving in, they reality company tell you that you can't move in. (and you already gave up your lease on the other place) So, I honestly don't take my home for granted. I thank God every night for a home to raise my children in. It is all about perspective.
It gets harder when cancer is involved though. I really hate that word. Let me tell you this love story. It is Valentine's Day after all. Susie and Randy were high school sweethearts. Their families even went to the same church. His father was a pastor. Then life happens...They both ended up married to others with kids. But the story does not end there! They found each other once again! Both no longer married. And true love which never died was still there. Their love for each other was evident for everyone to see. Cancer came and took Randy just a day ago. My heart aches for Susie. He was only 52. Selfishly I do wish this story had another ending. But, I know that the only way God could heal Randy was to take him Home. Their faith is strong. If your perspective was of the world, the pain would be too much to go on. To finally have your love with you, just to lose him too soon. Yet, with God in the picture, our perspective changes to one of celebration and hope. He is healed and whole once again and I will join him again! Amazing what God can do, isn't it?
I would really like to say my perspective is like this all the time. But...it's not. I'll still complain because the bathroom isn't done yet or kids won't help with the laundry without being told to do it NOW (not in a minute). But, I have curved a few of my perspectives towards those of gratitude. I am trying this year to keep my perspective toward Christ. Thankfulness is a wonderful thing.
What perspectives need an adjustment in your life?
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