tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post2763332223598563847..comments2023-10-30T08:38:53.364-07:00Comments on Give a Girl a Fig: attitude adjustment.Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16020971191511530538noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-71846509134027678212010-05-24T08:53:19.003-07:002010-05-24T08:53:19.003-07:00well this was my pep talk for the day. thank you! ...well this was my pep talk for the day. thank you! i am such a spoiled baby, i get up and moan for the same reasons you describe, i don't want to go to work, i want to stay home and play, my house is dirty, i have to go buy more food, whine whine. its monday and i'm going to go pray for a better attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-5877098803654921242010-05-22T15:09:46.634-07:002010-05-22T15:09:46.634-07:00Thanks..
I needed that.
One for medicine cabinet f...Thanks..<br />I needed that.<br />One for medicine cabinet for sure.. I am in need of an attitude adjustment.<br />..sigh..<br />You always hit the nail on the head.<br />xoWrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686532868029514600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-14260635512527298232010-05-22T10:01:51.541-07:002010-05-22T10:01:51.541-07:00dFrom Linda:
Gratitude as a way of life has been a...dFrom Linda:<br />Gratitude as a way of life has been a topic for Dave and I for a while now. Precisely BECAUSE it is (I'm sad to say) not natural for us. And because we lead in the area of worship and worship and gratitude are forever entwined, we KNOW we need to grow in this area big time. There is so much to whine about, real, imagined or exaggerated... but so much none-the-less for us. So we are out to fix our eyes and hearts on being, on living grateful. I have focused on the scriptures that talk about being thankful. Amazing really, how MANY passages there are on the subject, it is a definite theme scripturally... and they often have some element of 'in all situations' or 'in all ways' or 'at all times' included in them. If gratitude doesn't come naturally, being grateful at all times and in all situations definitely doesn't! So it is a spiritual discipline I am really, purposefully, determinedly practicing. In addition to the many scriptures on the subject I've found some great quotes that I am starting to collect on gratitude and thanksgiving. But this one, by Martha Washington is one of my favorites, "I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater the part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." I am determined to be grateful and thankful (which to me would manifest as a peaceful cheerfulness, as Martha labels it, to those outside of myself) and not add to the greater misery in my own self or others by grumbling and complaining woe is me. But since the latter is natural and the former SO not, I practice, practice, practice. ALL this to say, AMEN, Sister! I hear you. LindaDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692899878880647963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-87468256827764930352010-05-21T21:15:19.888-07:002010-05-21T21:15:19.888-07:00Had an aha God filled moment this morning sitting ...Had an aha God filled moment this morning sitting in my classroom. So similar to yours, with a urgency to humble myself in the awe of my blessings. I agree about the fullness of our glasses, but I'll take you one further. My cup isn't half full; it runneth over. <br /><br />Love to you and your family. <br /><br />By the way: I'm putting "Be the Jesus with Skin on" on my vision board.Tiahttp://www.theboyzmomma.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-84696042502012750432010-05-21T19:03:43.436-07:002010-05-21T19:03:43.436-07:00Michelle, you are awesome! Thanks for the kick in ...Michelle, you are awesome! Thanks for the kick in the pants! I reckon I needed it :) Have a wonderful weekend with your boys. Love Anita. xxAnitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343136624120388375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-42026944358446498992010-05-21T11:47:19.977-07:002010-05-21T11:47:19.977-07:00ok, that was some pep talk. I remember one I had ...ok, that was some pep talk. I remember one I had one with myself a few weeks ago on my blog! blogging is therapy I tell you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-44766463129484291422010-05-21T11:08:20.557-07:002010-05-21T11:08:20.557-07:00I hear ya! I'm complaining...not about the sa...I hear ya! I'm complaining...not about the same issues...but still grumbling. sigh. Thanks for the encouragement to look deeper at what God is doing in my life. <br />xoxoMarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02297424745531114629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-38849346405651930802010-05-21T10:47:56.086-07:002010-05-21T10:47:56.086-07:00It seems I need one of those too (an attitude adju...It seems I need one of those too (an attitude adjustment). I love your perspective. Years ago at church in our women's group each of us got a coffee mug with hearts all over it and a message inside, a reminder to "have a grateful heart." Each time I drink from that mug, it reminds me of it's message.<br /><br />Even in times of trial, I remember that God has me right where I'm supposed to be. That's a hard concept for some of my friends to understand, but I'll still keep repeating it.<br /><br />Have a wonderful weekend. Signing off with gratitude for your post today, Conny.Connyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07742442227395727646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-2356310500295524752010-05-21T10:22:23.578-07:002010-05-21T10:22:23.578-07:00hi michelle,
thank you for an incredible post. i ...hi michelle,<br /><br />thank you for an incredible post. i really needed that today. i know how abundantly blessed i am and yet i have the audacity to whine and complain about being too busy, etc. thank you sooo much. i love your blog and look forward to reading it!<br /><br />peggypeggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262697424769162970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065523489084216043.post-69642077581940595442010-05-21T09:28:23.169-07:002010-05-21T09:28:23.169-07:00God must be sending messages to us this week! Yest...God must be sending messages to us this week! Yesterday I read Numbers 11 and stopped right in my tracks. Wow! God had some strong thoughts on complaining (which is whining, right?). My girls and I re-read it in the car as we traveled to the big city. Man did it speak volumes to my heart. I know I must have read it before, but the impact of it really hit me yesterday. You are so right... we have SO MUCH to be thankful for; how can we complain?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564840073358020600noreply@blogger.com