How's My Attitude?

So last night our Ladies' group watched a couple videos by Sister Shara McKee (an AWESOMELY ANOINTED speaker!) The topic of the video was "protecting your break through". The video really made me stop and think about how I treat my relationship with God. Do I nurture and protect it like I would my relationship with my husband, or do I treat my relationship with God like a dress I put on and wear when it is comfortable and loan to my friends or throw in the back of the closet and only pull it out when it is convenient to wear? In my relationship with my husband, we set boundaries to protect that relationship. We don't allow outsiders to interfere in our relationship, but often times we allow outside influences to interfere in our walk with God.


Now I'm sure you are wondering "what does this have to do with an attitude??" Stay with me a little bit longer, it will all make sense I promise! 

Many times we get the attitude that we can do what ever we want and no one is going to tell us what we can and can't do... ESPECIALLY when it comes to a religious authority telling us what we should and shouldn't do. It is almost an arrogance. "I'm going to wear what I want, go where I want, say what I want, and do what I want and there's nothing anyone can say or do about it"... Surely there's someone else out there that's had that attitude and isn't afraid to admit it... If no one else will... I will! I've had that attitude. I liked to call it being "Strong Willed"... in reality... I was stubborn and hard headed (and to be perfectly honest I still am at times...) I've met people that have the attitude that "rules don't apply to me"... That one I struggled with a bit as a kid but not so much as an adult. Sister McKee made a great point about attitude in the video that really made me stop and evaluate my attitude. She said we should have an "attitude of gratitude". 

Now the Bible says in Ephesians 4:22-23
 "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self,created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."

So the Bible is telling us, we are taught that when we learned the truth in Jesus, we are to put off our old selves and attitudes and put on a new self to be like God. So what kind of attitude are we portraying about our relationship with God? What kind of attitude about life in general are we portraying? Are we showing that we have put away the old things and put on God's likeness? If our attitude is an attitude of stubbornness then we are not showing any kind of change in our lives to those around us... including our children. 

So today... I am re-evaluating my attitude and I hope you all will feel to do the same. I'm going to add a link below to Sister McKee's video. Please take the time to watch both parts of the video and be blessed!!

Wow... It Has Been A While

So I started this blog over 4 years ago to hopefully be a blessing to others with similar "ministries". Sadly life happened and I haven't done anything with this blog in over 4 years. Well I guess there's no time like the present to pick up where I started and move forward. To catch everyone up on what's been going on the last 4 years, my life has changed... a lot! I have graduated from college (FINALLY) and now work as a Mobility Specialist. What's a Mobility Specialist? I provide IT support for iPads for the pilots of a large shipping company... a purple and orange one :). I am still the webmaster for Rosemark Pentecostal Church in addition to being the Church Secretary, on the Praise Team, and in the choir. My Photography business has slowed down quite a bit and I have picked up a new hobby... I now crochet.... A LOT.

I never really thought about my crochet addiction hobby as a ministry until a couple days ago when our Ladies' group was studying Tabitha (Dorcas). You see Tabitha was a seamstress. She made clothing for the poor and was known for her giving heart. She was a true disciple of God. When she died, the impact her life had on those around her became more than apparent. Her life made so much of an impact that the mourners went out and found Peter and brought him to her. Peter went to her, prayed for her and told her to "get up". And she did! (Even in death she obeyed the minister!) Tabitha's story can be found in Acts 9:36-42.

As we read the story of Tabitha, I realized that helping others, even if by nothing more than making an article of clothing as a gift, makes a huge impact. Even if that impact isn't immediately apparent, the impact is there and can be lasting. Of course my husband and daughter don't it that way, they just see the amount of yarn strewn about my house :). None the less, I was encouraged to know that sometimes a ministry can be something as small as making clothes for others, or just being helpful to someone with a need. Tabitha's story also got me thinking and wondering about how people would react to my death. Did I make a big enough impact in life that my death is mourned by people other than my relatives? It may sound narcissistic but in reality my hope is that I make a big enough impact for God that my ministry lives on even after my death (which isn't going to be for a long time I hope!). Tabitha made me stop and examine my life and my ministry and really think about what kinds of changes I need to make so that I am impacting those around me for the good.