This year's songs were the kind that get s.t.u.c.k. in your head...even now, they are pounding in my ears.
I bet you already know where I'm going with this.
The lyrics to the chorus are...
I'll adjust my attitude to gratitude and feel God's love for me.The children learned this summer that gratitude is being thankful for what you've been given even when it's hard. Shew! No problem! I didn't really think I had a problem with this. However, that hypothesis, when tested, was proven to be very incorrect! I could list several events and circumstances occurring over the last couple of weeks that threatened my attitude of gratitude, though in my case it was the lack of things or the things given to others that revealed my true attitude. I did not "feel God's love for me" (though I know it's true-thank you, Kelly O'Rear for that reminder on Sunday) when I did not get an opportunity to do something that I really wanted to do. It was not easy to see that "God's given me so much in life" when I had to stay home while my family went to the beach. I did not "feel the joy He brings" when I lost all of the work I did this summer by accidentally deleting files on my computer-irretrievably.
I'll adjust my attitude to gratitude. It's not so hard to see.
God's given me so much in life. I feel the joy He brings.
I'll adjust my attitude to gratitude. Thank God for everything.
But here's the truth...God has given me so many wonderful opportunities to use my gifts and talents in a way that pleases Him, makes me happy, and brings home the bacon! I was able to get everything done (again) at work and I think maybe even better the second time around. I got to hang out with some really fun girls at a pool party over the weekend, and get caught up on some much needed sleep.
I've come to realize that the adjustment needed isn't in my circumstances, it's in my attitude toward them.
Paul writes in Philippians 4:11, "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." I can see the precious faces of the kids in lime green t-shirts shaking their little "attitude" fingers at me! I'm the one that needs the attitude adjustment!
On my way home after the VBS program, I took out the VBS songs and replaced the CD player with something different, but the switch in my attitude will last much longer.
Thank you, VBS songs for getting stuck in my head!
Amen sister!
ReplyDeleteI love it, Rebecca! Years ago there was a VBS song that was a musical version of the Love Chapter in 1st Cornithians. That song has helped me through some really difficult circumstances. As usual, when we think we are ministering to and helping others, we get the benefit.
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