I'm Walking, Yes Indeed and I"m...Adjusting My Attitude?

Oh, I have got to go for a walk.  Well, perhaps just a shuffle will be all I can manage after the amazingly mammoth meal I just consumed.  Our church just celebrated our 10 year anniversary at our annual 'Joyfest' which is basically a Thanksgiving type deal.  It's always a fun time with great food and fun entertainment but man, oh, man, oh man have I ever eaten toooo much!

But, what's new, right?  Ever since the wedding, when I no longer had to be the MOG (Mother of the Groom) I have been grazing along like a bovine.  I'm busy enough during the day that I don't eat much but at the end of the day, when the kids are in bed and I can finally sit down, I eat.  I like to justify this little practice by telling myself that I'm doing something I like to do...something for ME finally in the day.  Yes, isnt' that so nice?  I'm rewarding all my hard work during the day with a hiney that needs it's own zip code.  What kind of twisted thinking is that???

Heck, just add it to the unending list of my twisted thinking.  I spent the last week being a smidge vile.  I was feeling vastly unappreciated for the myriad of things I do on a daily basis.  I had been sick for a couple of weeks and despite the fact that I took care of everyone else while they were sick and made sure that they had Gatorade and soup and fluffed up pillows, nobody did any of that for me.  I still had to drag myself out of bed to take everyone where they needed to be and to make meals (that nobody appreciates!).  (Can you hear the violins playing???)  So, I mentally crossed my arms and stomped my feet and added up all the times I've done some thankless task that everyone expects and nobody notices and pouted for a week.  A WHOLE WEEK!  Do you really think I'd let one of my kids POUT for a week?  Short answer: no.  But in my infintite twisted thinking, I justified my hurt feelings and nursed my pitiful attitude for a whole week.  Since even I can't stand myself acting like that for too long, I had to just get it off my chest and then let it go! 

Cut to this morning's sermon that was entitled "It Was Time for an Attitude Adjustment".  I turned to my friend Liz with a look of incredulity and said, "Seriously!"  She snickered and suggest that perhaps I shouldn't have created a Facebook page for our pastor. Now he can tailor the sermons to my bad behavior!

As it turned out, I did need an attitude adjustment.  I needed to be reminded that, as a Christian, I am an example of Christ to others.  I'm pretty sure nobody was thinking, "Wow!  I sure would like to be more like Jill Tate!" this past week.  I didn't even want to!

So, I'm adjusting my attitude.  And I'm going for a walk.  And tomorrow I am going to make it a point to tell others in my life that I appreciate them for all that they do for me.