I'm Changing My Perspective

I wish I was a better singer. 

I wish I spoke without stuttering.  

I wish I had a job. 

I wish I was still a choir director. 

I wish I had a girlfriend that wasn't in Italy.

I wish I didn't live so far away from my friends.

I wish I could get closer to God without going backwards.

I wish I....

Ugh.  That was even starting to annoy me!  And there's a significant problem here.  A lot if not all of these things on my "wish" list are things that I offered up to prayer to God.  Things that I personally want.  Things that I think that I need.  And that's...the problem.  Too often we view God as a genie.  A what-have-you-done/what-can-you-do for me entity.

Why?  Why does it have to be this way.  God has done soo much for me.  Why do I have an unsatiable appetiate.  And the fact that it's unsatitable, why do I take it out on God?  For all the great things God has done for me which is capped off by the Son.

So, I'm going to take a reality check.  I'm going to take a pause.  And pardon me while I extol my Lord.  Pardon me while I thank Him for what he has done for me.  Ima thank Him for loving me.  Because when it comes down to it, I didn't come to love God for what I anticipated him doing for me in the future, I'm thanking him for everything he has done for me in the past.

So...

 I wanna thank him for giving me a voice to sing with even if it isn't as good as Michael Buble.  The fact that I can hold a pitch is good enough for what I wanna do with the rest of my life.

I wanna thank him for giving me a voice to even speak with.  He could've allowed me to be mute for the rest of my life.  Stuttering is nothing!

I wanna thank him for giving me jobs in the past. For allowing me to be secure enough in my financies that I'm able to still survive even though its not completely ideal.

I wanna thank him for showing me that I love to direct choirs.  For opening up the door, for opening up the opportunity for me to even direct a choir.

I wanna thank him for giving me a girlfriend. A girlfriend that supports me, that cares about me, that just wants to see me happy.

I wanna thank him that I have some of the greatest friends in the world.  That I was able to meet these great people that have changed my life.

I wanna thank him for loving me, for caring for me, for making the sun when I'm cold, for making the night when I'm sleepy.

I wanna thank him for just being GOD!

Yessss! Sometimes you just need to revamp your perspective.  A wise person once told me that there is an infinite amount of good and an infinite amount of bad, it's just about your perspective.

Changing Your Perspective is key to having a positive life. It's key to having a positive outlook.

If you are blessed, which everyone is.  You need to act like you are blessed.  If you are loved, you need to act like it.  If you are a child of god, then you need to act like it.

I'm going to sing like the psalmist David sang:

"I will bless the Lord at ALL times: his Praise shall continually be in my mouth." (Ps. 34:1)

It's all about Changing your Perspective.

I Will Bless the Lord - Byron Cage