One of "Those" Days

                                        Testing of Your Faith

2 Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

James 1:2-7

                                       English Standard Version (ESV)

The Definition of Affirmation:the action or process of affirming something or being affirmed.

       HMMMMM.....................

I heard the statement one of "Those" days more than once today, both spoke in 

of course a negative context.  What is one of "those" day? Obviously, yes I know it's a rotten, stinkin', bad day, right?

Is it really bad? or is it just a lot of junk compiling itself on top of each other to make it feel bad? There is no such thing as "bad" day really is there? Again, let's look at the definition:

Definition of Bad=of poor quality; inferior or defective.

I don't think God makes defective days....do you? God, that can put together something as amazing as the human body, God that can place each star in the sky and call them each by name, God that can do all things, God that has made all things, God that can heal all things? No I don't think He makes defective days. In fact He knows how many days you have here on this earth 

before you were even born.  He knows you, he knows everything about you. 

New Living Translation
You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

Psalm 139:16

So what's my point? Why look so deep into something so mundane? If it's not the day itself that is "bad", then what is it exactly? and why does it feel that way sometimes? 

For me, I know that the reason behind "those" days usually derives from some sort of anxiousness or anxiety.  Either things have began to compile, and I now feel overwhelmed, or I have too much to do in a short amount of time, aka.....getting everyone out the door in the morning.  Sometimes everyone else is crabby, and it starts to rub off, or vice versa, sometimes I am crabby and then I am rubbing off (this rarely happens, lol)!  In any of these circumstances, I have a choice.  I have the power to take each circumstance and decide what the outcome will be.  Each circumstance may start out "bad" but I can decide to let it impact me or turn it to a positive or negative light.  I can then ask myself, what can I learn from this?  What can I do next time to make this better?  This is a huge work in progress for me, believe me.  I have to remember to take each day in stride and to give myself grace. (Lots of it)  

Bottom line, there is no such thing as a bad day.  We have the freedom and the choice to make each day, each hour and even each minute a fresh, new, "good" day.  All we need to do is to choose, find things you are thankful for, and go with the flow.  We are not perfect, life will not always be roses and daisies, but we can choose our attitude, and whether or not we have an awesome, outstanding, one of a kind, glorious, fantastic, beautiful, great day or a rotten, stinkin' bad one. You choose. Make it a good one, with purpose!

Lord, help me to remember when my attitude is getting in the way of the beautiful day you have made for me. I welcome the peace and joy that your holy spirit brings.  Help me to choose to look beyond the circumstances that may fall, seek Your guidance and to trust in a positive outcome. Amen.