Personal Narrative: Reframing My Mind For Break

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Reframing my Mind for Break Going home for break is one of the most nerve wrecking things for me. I know I 'm going to be around the same people who cause me to slip up. I don 't really have a choice in the matter they 're my co workers, and I need to work when I am home. I will also be able to be around all of my really solid Christian friends who I know have my back. This month I am choosing to; have a joyful attitude, not fixate on the negative situations, and trust that God has everything planned for a reason. Choosing your attitude determines how the whole day goes. If I wake up and dread the fact that I have to go to work, I 'm going to have a slump attitude at work and not have a chance to be a light to my coworkers. In the book In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day Mark talks about how joy is mind over matter. Mark uses a quote from Man 's Searching for Meaning "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one 's attitude in any given set of circumstances." I really think this is true, I also think it goes hand in hand with the fact that how you feel is a result of what you chose to focus on. Over break I 'm going to chose to focus on the sovereign will of God over my life. I 'm going to try to be a worshipper and not a complainer, in other words, I 'm going to find the good in my situation and praise God for it. All in all, I 'm going to choose to have a joyful attitude for break and I 'm going to focus on the fact that I choose my attitude, not my circumstances. Worship should not be circumstantial, we shouldn 't fixate on the problem or situation at hand. …show more content…
In In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day Mark talks about how one of the purist forms of worship is pursuing God, even when you don 't feel like it. It really proves that your worship is not just circumstantial. This Christmas break I 'm going to work on focusing not on the bad situation, but onto what is right with God. I 'm going to focus on the things he 's wanting me to learn from the situations, and how he wants me to grow and learn from them. I want to focus less on the bad and more on the good I can get out of the situation. This month I just want God to show me how to find the good in all my situations and how I can use them to be a light for the advancement of his kingdom. In In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day Mark Batterson talks about how your future isn 't left up to chance, God has it all planned. I realize that everything may not make sense right now but I really need to trust that God has it all under control. I need my faith in him to be stronger so I can continue to show the love of God to my friends and family who really need it the most. I may see my life as a mess right now, but God sees the whole picture and he knows it 's all going to work out for his good. I pray that I keep myself humble enough to listen to God call the shots in my life and to follow where he is leading. In the book Mark says

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