Get the Funk Out

Some days I wake up in a funk. Do you ever do this too? I’d like to blame it on the weather or lack of sleep but honestly, it’s just there. There’s no underlying reason. If I can’t pinpoint immediately what the problem is then I know I have a choice…stay in a mood or kick it to the curb.

I’ll admit that I don’t always make the right choice and it’s not fair to my family or to me. I’m doing myself a disservice by choosing to walk under a black cloud. I’m far less productive and assertive when I’m in that place. I don’t know about you but I don’t have days to waste.

How do you consciously change your mood? My grandma (I call her Nanny) says “it’s a good thing I have fingers and toes when I count my blessings!” Oh preach it Nanny! I start off with thanking God for another day and before you know it, there’s a snowball of blessings!

You can be grateful for the obvious but open your heart to add to what your brain compiles. Thank God for the day. Thank God for the air you’re breathing. But maybe you’ve had some places of your heart that only you and God know about that He’s healed and restored. Maybe you’re still in the waiting season for something you’re praying for…thank God that He’s there with you even in the waiting. Blessings are numerous and all around you. You just have to start naming them.

There’s an old song that goes something like this: when upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed/ when you are discouraged thinking all is lost/ count your many blessings name them one by one/ and it will surprise you what the Lord has done/

Try it! What can it hurt? Get out of the mulligrubs by looking at what God has done. So get the funk out! Count your blessings friends! There’s probably so many that you haven’t even acknowledged yet. In fact, thank God for the opportunity to count your blessings. I’ve added each of you precious ones to my blessings list!

Hey girls! Remember you are uniquely made on purpose, for a purpose and for such a time as this. Until next week…