Mundane- common,everyday, ordinary
This week I have been living in the mundane mindset. We are getting into a rhythm with Josh being on 2nd shift and still figuring things out. It was pretty hard the first 2 weeks but our mindsets have changed and we are getting into more of a routine. This week though my mindset has not been the best. I literally have woke up every morning thinking ohhh here we go again...Kate stays up late and wakes up really early so my lack of sleep doesn't help my mindset at all. It's really hard for me to be positive and not just feel blah when I'm so tired and exhausted. ( I think we all feel like this at times right?)
This morning though I told myself through the headache and tired eyes "you have to stop this" So my option this morning at 5 am was to grump around with my coffee while turning netflix on and watching some show OR open the bible and get some of God's word in me. I just made that sound easy..I have a lot of Beth Moore's bible study books on my kindle so I started "Breaking free" Which opened up my mind to study the word and be able to pray without just doing it just because and being so tired i didn't know what I was reading. I knew if at 5 am I just opened up to read somewhere in bible I would just be doing it and I would fall asleep. So opening up this bible study was a good start.
You see God does not call me ( us ) to live a common/ordinary life and I know this so how do i pick myself up out of this rut..!? This question was going through my head the past 2 days ( of course I knew the answer) I was being lazy honestly..the only thing that can get me out of this mindset is to let God transform my mind and the only way to do that is to be in his word and be with him. That's not easy to do at 5 am.
Life will not and is not easy and having joy does not mean that everything is awesome ( I'm sure you now have that song in your head from the lego movie, you can thank me later) Having joy is finding the peace and good in your life. The peace and goodness that comes from the Lord.
If you have or do feel this way be encouraged to know you are not the only one. when you wake up and say " here we go again" instead say "Here we go God what do you have for me today" Ask God immediately to help make your day joyful and not ordinary. I'm saying this to myself!!
Mediate today or this week on Romans 12:2
God help us to look to you and your word and not things in this world when we feel ordinary and like we are in this alone. You are with is and you will lead us and guide us but help us to come to you..you can lead us if we don't come to you. thank you Lord for loving us and for the life you have blessed us with - Amen
