SUPERNATURAL

Today has been a day.  You know the type... 

Wake up late, nothing to wear, grumpy kids, gads of errands, massive headache, and the list goes on...

However, tonight when reading the girls devotion I was overcome.

"When it seems like absolutely everything is going wrong-trust Me.  When your life feels more and more out of control-thank Me.

That's not what usually pops into your mind first, is it? ...your first respons is to complain.  That's only natural.  But whining and complaining are like jumping on a giant slide.  Once you start down, you only go faster and faster - more whining and complaining.  And at the bottom of that slide,there's nothing but a big pit of self-pity.

Put on the brakes! Don't do the "natural" thing-do what is beyond natural.  Do what is supernatural .  Trusting and being thankful in the middle of a realy bad day are supernatual responses, and they unlock MY supernatural Power in your life.  I'll see you through whatever mess you're in and fill you up with My peace, which is beyond your understanding."

SO TRUE!  When in "the trenches" it is so difficult to be thankful even when we have so much to be thankful for.  So tonight I will be thankful, I will be thankful that I woke up, I will be thankful that I have clothes to wear (even if I don't like any of them at the moment), I will thankful I have children who can fuss, I will be thankful that I have reasons to run, and I will be thankful that even when I hurt God is still good.

I WILL BE THANKFUL