There Must Be a Better Way...

I've mentioned before in this blog that a lot of folks whose stories I've heard or read have gotten to a point of such desperation in their lives that they were finally willing to surrender to a higher power. That's the point at which their lives changed for the better. I've been at that point more than once, and each time I've asked for a better way, and was sincerely looking for a better way and not just wanting my own way to work better, miracles have happened. This proclamation is so powerful, in fact, that it is, in my own estimation, the single most powerful phrase we can utter: "there must be a better way..."

This morning, as I got ready for work, I found myself asking for a better way...and meaning it. I was a little surprised to find myself asking, I must say. Things have been going okay, not great--but not horrible. I guess the good news is, I've conditioned myself to ask for help when there is a threat to my peace of mind. This morning, it was a consciously-undetected threat...much like a stealth virus or malware attack on a computer. Luckily, unconsciously, some other part of me thought to ask for the help of the Holy Spirit. I happened to be plugging in the iron to prepare my clothes for the day at the time...and I heard a response inside me, "if you want things to be different, you have to be willing to do things differently."

"Well, that was interesting," I thought..."Hmmm. Ok. I'll try to do lots of things differently and be totally willing to see my world from a different perspective." So, I took a different way to work, got there at a different time than usual, had lunch at a place I haven't gone to, etc. It was fun to mix up my day a little bit, but I may have ultimately missed the point...my thoughts really need to change too. But I may not have realized that had I not decided to get myself out of my mini-rut today.

My thoughts do, indeed, need to change...that is if my outer life is to change. But I have to be willing to be conscious of those thoughts, and to ask for help from the Holy Spirit in helping me be on guard for stealth unwanted thoughts. This one strategy alone will be a much better way for me, in the long run.

Well, I'm off to do something else differently tonight...and signing-off the internet before dinner is a part of the plan.