A good mood...

Perhaps the above statement makes me sound a bit bi-polar, like I have gigantic mood swings or something. You will have to ask Kelly about that.

Why this good mood? Did something happen to make me feel all warm and fuzzy? Have all the challenges in my life suddenly disappeared so I can be free to feel all giddy? Have I gotten everything I want today?

Nope.

I awaken most weekend mornings to my children's voices. I will be the first to admit that I do not get up with them most of the time. I usually lay in bed and listen as the morning routine starts. I hear Ashton and Belle interacting with each other and with Kelly. Most of the time one or both of them are jumping on me within a few minutes.

I am in a good mood because I choose to be. I love God. I love my family. Love is reciprocated from them. I have the priviledge of being a Christ-follower, and cannot imagine where my life would be without that fact. There is very little in my life that has turned out the way I thought it would. We (Kelly and I) have faced gigantic and unexpected challenges that words could never express.

Here is the thing... I could spend all day... all week... heck, all YEAR blaming others for whatever turmoils and misfortunes that have come my way. (Of course, then I would have to put money in the Complaint Jar!) The fact is that most of them are self-inflicted, even though that is hard to admit. God's grace has literally drug me this far (at times), and He has been the constant in my life, providing me with all I need when I need it.

This is my encouragement today for you... find ONE thing in your life that you absolutely love and focus on that. Let God give you some persepective...

Pastor Brian