Everyone needs an atitude adjustment occasionally.

It seems no matter what we do we can always do better. Recently my boss pointed out that I had been feeling down. This was apparently affecting my work as well as my students. He kindly pointed out that I was down and that I hadn't seemed happy in a while. At first I resented this look into my life, who was he to tell me I was down, ok, so I wasn't smiling at work, but everything was fine, wasn't it? Well not really. You see I had let some personal problems and wants get in the way of my work, my attitude, and my walk with God. I wasn't spending time in prayer (I never do like I should) and I wasn't spending any time with God alone (Something else I feel remiss on). Even Jesus went out every morning to pray. Prayer is important to keeping touch with God. Like a good marriage and a good friendship it takes active communication to keep it going. Often we forget that. We expect God to do all the work, after all, he is God with a capital G. We also have to do our part in seeking him. We need to read our Bible daily, Pray daily, and go to Church whenever possible, to seek him out as we would our best friend. God spoke to me through a man I admire and respect. So often he is answering our prayers even before they are prayed for he alone knows what is truly best for us. He answers prayer through his word, his people (the Church), and through circumstance. These are not the only ways I am sure, but just the ones that come to mind. Anyway when we are close to him and walking with him, we can discern these moments and that is when we can let God act to change us. Oswald Chambers wrote "It is true that prayer changes thing, but it even more true that prayer changes me and I change things." God bless you and keep you.