Attitude of Gratitude

This is my focus today.  Why?  Because God smacked me right between the eyes with it on my drive in this morning.  It wasn't anything I heard on my devotional.  It was simply the fact of  my 'Committee' meeting in my head.  I was thinking of how tired I was, how my body was hurting, how my legs were trembling,  how I just wanted to go back home and crawl back in bed.  Then, these words came to me.  "How can I pray for others today?"  OTHERS, not myself.  Thank you, Lord, for smacking me when I needed it most.  

You see, the thing is, I have SO MUCH MORE to be thankful for than I even remotely have to moan and groan about.  I have a Heavenly Father who loves me unconditionally, I have a wonderful husband, incredible children, the BEST of friends, the best co-workers, and as much as I moan and groan about it, the best job, and an understanding boss.  

It's amazing when you think to yourself- I AM grateful.  It's amazing how your attitude changes, in the blink of an eye.  I may not be able to do a lot of things physically anymore, but I can be supportive, I can pray for my friends and family, and I can be there for them if they need to talk, laugh, cry, scream, whatever.  

We're going to take a bit of a curve to the right here now.  I learned a lot about myself when reading The 5 Love Languages.  I am a servant at heart.  I have not always been a touchy feely person. And, that would require hours of therapy, as well.  I have learned to be that more so over the past 10 years.  The way I show my love is through acts of service.  Cleaning house, doing laundry, cooking, baking, whatever I can do FOR someone.  And, for that very reason, I have gotten extremely depressed over what I CAN'T do and not concentrating on what I CAN do.  That's changing- thanks to that smack between the eyes this morning.