My thoughts about moods...

So sorry i haven't blogged in awhile i was busy and stuck about what to write...however because of this weekend i now have two good blogs to write! So i hope u find them interesting!

This weekend Pastor Troy spoke on something that i hadn't been really thinking about but i guess i do struggle with and that's joy. At first when he started preaching i was like whew i do not need this sermon but as he countinued to talk i realized alot more about myself. See he said a couple things that got me right in the heart....
* P. Troy talked about the glass 1/2 empty and how that causes us to fear which than causes us to be selfish and so on... (haven't you ever done that? i know i have)
* He talked about how sometimes we have little pity parties with ourselves because they feel soooo good (guilty!!! had one yesterday)
* And so we have a choice we can view life in this way sad and bummed out all the time or we can be joyful! No matter what are circumstances are!
*he said something so amazing i got chills all over, we were born for this year in 2008 to bring joy to someone else life and help them find that joy and comfort. (hello thats my job as therapist!)
And so this whole week i've been thinking about this notion of joy that sometimes is so easy to not want... so people will feel sorry for u...i mean i started thinking i do it all the time...One thing goes wrong in my day and i stress out and all the sudden i'm not longer my normal joyful self i'm a mean frustrated person but when i'm mean and frustrated thats not a good thing why a. i work in a job once week where i help people if i'm in a bad mood i'm no help to them am i? b. i m in direct contact with so many non christians...who know i am a christian so what will they think of christianity c. as a small group leader at elevate my mindset is towards community and how can i work on community when i'm a jerk to be with! I do have a choice i can be joyful why because God wants me to be joyful...i am so blessed but most of all look at all the people i encounter on a day to day basis that need me to help bring joy to there lives which means when i'm this way it takes the focus off of that! WOW what a long thought! So i decided that i will no longer complain when i have a difficult client...or have an attitude with people at school for saying dumb comments...or choose to break down at elevate when i'm not in the mood to talk...i decided i'm going to work on spreading joy in the community of Ft. Lauderdale...Because my mood effects there lives and there moods. I know its hard to swallow huh? And hopefully people will follow by example. So next time you want to be in a bad mood why don't you think about the people you will effect!
One more thought i want to share Going back on what Troy said about you were born to bring joy to peoples lives...which so struck my heart...well today was my first by myself session as nervous as i was because i totally was i went in with this joyful mentality ps. my client is depressed and is truly battling this saddness in her life she tried to find other things to make her happy(money) and it didn't work....needless to say by the end of our session she was smiling and there it is my purpose has been fulfilled the thing that God especially designed for me to do...i did it today and i felt good...not only that but my team had 2 other clients i also met with them too....the amount of laughter and happiness in each of the sessions just made my heart jump...after our last session we had a women who had a hard life (she is a christian) and she is always soooo positive my professor had an emergency so i had to take over our wrap up part in the session where we list all the wonderful positive things we noticed about the client while they were talking...this was my first time doing this i was nervous...but at the end the women looked at me and told me how wonderful it was to hear those things...with tears in her eyes she told me she was suprised because she doesn't see herself like this at all and to hear it made her change her perspective of her problem...i was like wow! God knew what he was doing he created me for this moment! He put this in my heart to bring happiness and joy to peoples lives and families...i know there will be times where i want to be in a bad mood but i won't because i will rem. these times and rem. that when i'm in a mood it effects so many others! Today was truly a wonderful experience to know that my whole life 365 days week i will be bringing helping people not be in a mood and it makes me soooo happy!