I am in a foul mood so I’m attempting to avoid all people. I’m not certain that I will be able to quench my sarcasm – my default behavior when I’m in ‘a mood’. Doesn’t happen often, but when it does it tends to dominate for awhile. Does any of this resonate with anyone? Do you ever get in these moods? For me, it really is never because of someone else – what they did/say or didn’t do/say. For the most part people have nothing to do with this state. The other mood qualification is that I have little to nothing in terms of control/influence IN the situation. And that, dear reader, may be the crux.
Seriously, how are you when you can’t/don’t have any influence in a situation. You may or may not have a resolution to (fill in the blank) but you definitely have no say in ithe ultimate action. This is incredibly frustrating. But it does define living (not life). There are times and areas that we won’t have an ability to ‘DO’ anything and it is up to us to react properly and, trust me, pouting doesn’t work. Knowing that these times do descend, have any of us develop the proper way we can respond? Doubtful. Part of this is because this really relates to our character and attitudes. What do we do about those qualifiers in/on our words and behaviors?
I suspect that somewhere in the midst of the mood, we really do know what we should do/say… it just isn’t what we want to do/say. Yes? For those of you who are mature and don’t sink to these times, bravo. In the back of my mind I know that if I act in a way I shouldn’t then I’ll end up having to repent. Which is why I tend to avoid being around other people.
OK, I’ve vented, which has gotten me …??? Yup. But how do I go about changing my mood. I think any of us who (occasionally) go through these times have developed our own answer. For me it starts with apologizing to the Lord. He had to listen to my moan. Then I try and take a good look at what triggered this so that I develop ways to proactively respond if it is ever repeated. Typically I’ve discovered that it rarely is just 1 thing, it’s the pile up of emotions and thoughts that I put on the ‘back burner’ to be addressed… later. But haven’t. However, my primary method is to remember scripture and who I am becoming. what the Lord has and continues to do for me, the blessings I can live in.
“Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ, just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight.” [Ephesians 1:3-4. AMP]
Good Heavens! And the reason I’m in a mood???????
