Well, this is a new adventure ~
Posted on June 7, 2011
At 3:30 this morning, I woke up thinking about a conversation a group of us were having recently. What was really on my mind, was the struggle I see some people have with trusting God while others don’t seem to have a struggle at all. God knows I’ve had that struggle and may again. It seems like a lot of us can trust Him when a loved one is seriously ill, when we have no other hope ~ but the day to day ~ not so much. It seems that it is human nature to get mired down in our “stuff” and it stinks!
SO what can we do to rise above the ‘stench’ of discouragement? For me, I do find help and hope from others who ARE trusting Him. I need to hang with those guys. When they share their experience, strength and hope, I’m buoyed up by just being with them. I respond to their positivity, their joy, their faith and I learn from them, I’m reminded of truths that I’ve held on to, but sometimes forget. I rise above my discouragement.
…Rise Above… hmmm…
“Attitude determines Altitude” ~ Thinking about that altimeter in a small plane
Remembering flying with my Dad when I was a small child ~ how I wanted to learn to fly because Dad did and because I LOVED being up there, soaring and still do dream of it. I was his shadow, wanting to LEARN everything I could from him and he loved to teach me.
Back in the day an altimeter in a small plane was crazy simple. It was just a meter with a line for the horizon and the moving needle was a facsimile of the wings of the plane. (Yes, it was THAT long ago). I thought it was so cool to just keep my wings adjusted just right & I could be sure not to plummet to the earth ~ ok, I was a kid and that was an adventure. But the scary part was when he showed me how to adjust the flaps to adjust the “attitude” of the plane and the plane would bank off to one side, or soar skyward or head down to the earth, – scaring the beejeebers outta me. The little plane on that altimeter would be tilted up on one side or the horizon would be nowhere where it was supposed to be, where I could see it….
After that, whenever we flew, being the little fledgling control freak I was, I would watch that altimeter almost as much as I watched the view ~ for fear I would see those wings start to bank for a turn again.
Maybe I could keep as close an eye on my attitude.
Wow! That brings me to a new awareness ~
not only does attitude determine altitude (so I obviously need to check my attitude), but in the spiritual sense, altitude then affects attitude.
When we check our attitude and make corrections, we soar ~ our altitude then gives us a better view and that automatically begins to change our attitude. Hmm.
Good place to start, and stay: chapter 4 of Philippians.
Think on these things….
gotta go take a nap ~ 3:30 is taking it’s toll.