{"id":2143,"date":"2009-09-08T06:30:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2009-09-08T06:30:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T11:30:37","slug":"soap-i-need-help-changing-my-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-i-need-help-changing-my-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP: I need help changing my attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scriptures: <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Proverbs 15:13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A happy heart makes the face cheerful,<\/p>\n<p>but heartache crushes the spirit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Proverbs 25: 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Better to live on a corner of the roof<\/p>\n<p>than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> Your attitude can determine your outlook and state of your heart. And what husband wants to live with a wife who is cranky and picks fights?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> I am supposed to be praying for my husband\u2019s attitude in this chapter, but perhaps it is mine that needs a bit of adjusting.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think that I am a negative person, and I certainly do not want to be one who points out all the problems, but just yesterday my husband told me I was. And it wasn\u2019t the first time. And that hurt.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to be that way. I don\u2019t think I am that negative. But there must be some grain of truth to his observation.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m kind of lost for words this morning about this. However it is what is hitting me, so I guess I need to make my confession and work at changing my heart and moving on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, I don\u2019t want to start out the day feeling frustrated and down. But now I feel that way.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to be a nag. I don\u2019t my family to feel as though I nag. I don\u2019t want to have a sour attitude and see all the things that need fixing.<\/p>\n<p>Please, Lord, forgive me when I see the negative and turn my eyes to the blessings. Show me how to correct better, in a more positive way, and how to be a partner that doesn\u2019t discourage, but instead encourages. I thought I was doing an okay job, but I guess not.<\/p>\n<p>Help me to change my attitude and my heart so I can do a better job of being a source of love and encouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scriptures: Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. and Proverbs 25: 24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Observation: Your attitude can determine your outlook and state of your heart. And what husband wants to live with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2144,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions\/2144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}