How To Turn around A Bad Day

The Bad day

You woke up with positive ambitions. The sun is shining the birds are chirping, what a wonderful day! Then Mozart Moonlight Sonata starts to drift in, and you awaken to the fact that you’ve actually woke up late! So   you gather your wits and do battle with the unrelenting clock. Finally you’ve made it to work. Yes! Handel’s Messiah enters triumphantly. But minutes after your  arrival you ‘re  distracted by a spider right outside your door. So you end up spending 30 minutes doing battle fearlessly,trying to kill it,only for it to escape into a crack.

Then you proceed to  run a mail errand for work, which happens to be a fail, because you find a clock saying will return in thirty minutes in the window. You arrive back at the office and your boss thinks you’re late. You assure him you’re not after all you don’t have a bag or a lunchbox in hand. This is evidence your statement is true, it’s very unlike the lunch packer and purse carrier to arrive empty handed.  Still the situation doesn’t look good when you try to explain that you went to get the mail and there’s nothing in your hand.

Time has passed quickly it’s almost noon and you haven’t had time to stuff in any breakfast. So you try and calm your raging stomach and reeling mind with bible verses, meanwhile trying to keep your eyes off the crack the spider escaped in. You focus on work and try to do your job accordingly, while your feet hurt from the vigorous morning. Your boss has had you running back and forth all morning.  


A thought arises why’d I wear these heels today?So you’ve been pushing hard, only to find that you’re not doing a good job, but it’s not your fault,really it's not!  However, that doesn’t matter because it looks like it is. Now you have to adjust your attitude suck it up and smile saying” Sure I’ll fix that right way. So now your competence is being brought into question. Your stomach is growling, and your eyes keep diverting to the crack the home of the spider. I need to get it before it gets me.My,My will it reemerge? Then you remember I'm fearless,I will defeat it!

How do you fix a good day that’s heading speedily towards bad?  Really it’s not going to be a bad day, it’s a trick.  All these things are happening so that later in the day when things have cooled your attitude has heated. If you follow these three keys you’ll keep your day from getting any worse.

1.Catch it early.

 You say but it’s barely noon and I’ve already tried to avoid this by praying several times, but the day is still doing a downward spiral. You still have plenty of time, it’s not even 12:00 yet. The later the day the harder it is to fix the direction. (but not impossible by far) So catch it early.

2. Check your attitude.

You may not be able to fix the events that simultaneously take place. But you can fix your attitude in the place. Attitude is primary when days arrive such as these. If you truly determine and believe that greater is he(God) is in us than the adversary in the world, then you’ll be confident you have power. The power of a spiraling day lies in our hands, not the circumstances, but the power of an awesome attitude and outcome.

3. Fix your eyes on God.

Fix your eyes on God and his promises for times like these. Know that despite everything going on you can still behave like a true Christian should, because God is with you. Let’s do a comparison look at the problems, now look at the sky and think about God ,who is bigger than the sky and entire universe. Your problems are no match at all. So what do you have to worry about? If you trust God and stay positive your bad day can transform into a good day, despite the circumstances. Happy Good day!

When a spiraling day arises hear God’s voice in your ear saying: “Don’t be afraid. I am here!” John 6:19-20 

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