My mood was stinky…I mean REALLY stinky. A few uncertainties and disappointments threw me into a frame of mind where I really don’t think you would have wanted to hang out with me at that moment. STINKY.
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I knew I needed to do something, anything, to get my brain off of that which put me in a bad mood. Did I mention it was really stinky? :)
Laced up my brand new running shoes, prepped my running app on my ipod and headed out the door. I would much rather crawl into bed for days than do something good for myself like run.
Change of perspective:
“Be lifted high, be lifted high. Higher and higher LORD.” Lyrics from my Bethel LIVE album.
Pounding the pavement the worship seeped into the stinky condition of my heart and mind. Oh how I fought it, though. I even attempted to change the music while running but my pace and breath prevented me from running and fiddling with the ipod.
I wish I could say that by the time I returned home I was the image of peace and hope. Well…not really. The change of perspective did, however, set me on a course away from the smelly attitude pre-run.
In our effort to RISE UP! and live as young women who make Jesus famous, let’s circle back to our RISE UP Psalm and revisit as we worship Him even when our attitude is stinky.
I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever. (Psalm 145:1)
In any and every situation, we must set our heart out to praise the name of Jesus even when we don’t feel like it.
My stinky attitude doesn’t change the fact that Jesus is the King of Kings and worthy to be praised.
My fear and anxiety over life’s junk doesn’t change the fact that He sits on His throne––in control.
What it does change is my need to step out of the haze of focusing on myself and RISE UP.
Will you join me? Will you…
RISE UP and worship Jesus even when you just don’t wanna?
RISE UP and thank Him when you feel like nothing in the world can bless your heart?
RISE UP and realize that there is greater purpose on your life than the present stinky mood you are in?
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Amen, sister. I needed to hear this. I have a bad habit of letting my stinky moods completely consume me and I forget to worship..or just plain don’t FEEL like it. I have to remember to praise even when praise is the furthest thing from my mind. Relunctant praise, I’ve found, leads to genuine praise as He cleanses my heart of my “stinky mood” and reminds me that life is so, so good :)
Ryan,
I love what you said that even reluctant praise leads to genuine praise. When we just show up and make ourselves available, God steps in and does His thing!
Oh I so needed to read this today! My attitude at times this weekend was very stinky and yesterday I knew I had to just put on a worship CD and listen while getting ready for church. It definitely set my heart on a new course. I wish I could say the stinky attitude left as well but it didn’t. It did subside.
Becky,
So glad this spoke to you. Sometimes, just learning how to redirect our attitude is worth the lesson…even if it didn’t totally work the first time!
AMEN is all I can say right now!be lifted High JESUS!:)