Perspective

"As soon as you remember that I am with you, your perspective changes radically."

What a fun picture for perspective.   Each one of the "Zachs" being a different attitude or perspective on what he might be doing.

 I took a cool one of each of the 5 kids I took to the Children's Museum today.  We did have a lot of fun today but Zach's "perspective" wasn't what it should have been in the morning.  We talked about how sad it is that he doesn't obey sometimes the first 3 times I ask in a normal voice;  that he waits until I have a "mean face and mean voice".  How he hates consequences and how I am so "mean" to give him such "horrible" ones.  And then the forced obedience with an "I hate you" look on his face.

I do the very same thing.  I know I am supposed to do things when God asks me.  So often I don't learn my lesson until I see cold hard consequences to my disobedience.  Changing my perspective in how I see my disobedience to God actually as I type it out, seems so obvious.  I mean why wouldn't I want to obey God the first time like I ask Zach to.  Happily I might add.  :)   Is getting up 20 minutes earlier really all that hard that I have to whine and complain EVERY TIME?  If I know I am going to do it -whether I'm annoyed or not- why wouldn't I just change my perspective on it and choose to do it with a good attitude?  It is just a rotation a tiny bit to the right.  Not that hard.

Lord Help me to remember that You are with me always and to change my perspective such that I want to obey you the first time with a happy heart.