Have you ever heard a princess whine? I have! I have known and heard myself long enough to know I became an expert long ago at exactly what the children of Israel were criticized by God for doing once they were released from bondage in Egypt: they moaned, murmured, and complained. Guess what?! I know all about that. I have had a propensity my whole princess life to do exactly that, and sadly I did not realize that I was creating my own world to complain about with my precocious princess mouth - and my pretty princess mind. Every time I whined and complained, I brought myself down. Every time I murmured, I made my life just that much worse. Oh, sure, I have had long stretches of time without much murmuring. Well, sort of. At those times, I made a point of pointing out somebody else's negativity. Today, God stopped me in my tracks. Quite literally. First, He told me to rest. Yuck. Oh, how I hate to slow down when I don't want to slow down. Thankfully, as I put my foot on my own brakes, and began my slow-down, the Lord spoke again.
"Change your attitude, and I'll change your life," He told me.
Go figure. I had asked Him to give me the life He has planned for me all along. I have been complaining for several years that I do not feel I am living the life He intended.
First, He told me He would change my heart rather than my circumstances, and that He would use my circumstances to change my heart.
Now, just this very day, the Lord told His precious princess that it's high royal time His little princess change her attitude.
Why? He wants to change my life. And, quite frankly, as I can readily attest to, my mouth and my mind, forming a not so pretty attitude, have been standing in the way of my life!
How about you? Need an attitude adjustment?
"Change your attitude, and I'll change your life," He told me.
Go figure. I had asked Him to give me the life He has planned for me all along. I have been complaining for several years that I do not feel I am living the life He intended.
First, He told me He would change my heart rather than my circumstances, and that He would use my circumstances to change my heart.
Now, just this very day, the Lord told His precious princess that it's high royal time His little princess change her attitude.
Why? He wants to change my life. And, quite frankly, as I can readily attest to, my mouth and my mind, forming a not so pretty attitude, have been standing in the way of my life!
How about you? Need an attitude adjustment?
