Attitude - Emily

Hey, I hope you've had an amazing week! God is so good!

Attitude. This is a great chapter. In retrospect I can see that God has done a lot of work in me in this area.... and there is still much work to be done :-) I had to think on this one for a day or so to try and receive whatever the Lord wants me to work on in this area. I think I usually have a pretty good attitude, but I know there are times when I don't.... it's just hard to see them in myself sometimes, ya know.

So I asked my sweet hubby with a preface of "I'm not looking for a fight, but I genuinely want to know what you're reflections of my attitude are." And his response was "It depends on who you're around." (OUCH!) He said at home I pretty much always have a good attitude but I can get disrespectful around certain other people, he expanded on that some (and it's something we have talked about before). I thought I was getting better but apparently it still really bothers him SO I have a specific area I need to pray about and work on. **Note: it was interesting to observe myself growing defensive as he shared this with me, even though I said I wasn't looking for a fight! I had to mentally check myself, give my thoughts to God and be open to what he was saying.

One of my favorite quotes from this chapter is from the picture she paints on pg 63 of male and female ".... He is 'strong' directed by inner softness. She is 'soft' directed by inner strength." God has created men and women SO different yet so perfectly fit for each other. And the scripture of Mary's response to the angel of the Lord, Luke 1:38 "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word"

All glory to God that He has worked on this in me >> I don't feel I have an outright bad attitude much at all. Not to say that there aren't still areas that need work (I play the martyr sometimes, holier-than-thou, judgmental, snippy, and a host of other nasty things that sneak up out of me) but by His grace He won't let me stay here and wants to make me over as I give these areas to Him.

Lord, forgive us for our wrong, defiant, selfish attitudes; anything that does not line up with You. Help us to cultivate the beautiful softness that You desire so that when others see us, they see You!

Love you ladies!