A couple of weeks ago at my last Dr. appt she told me that my days of running have come to a halt, at least for now. For months now I had been having a lot of feet problem since my Avon cancer walk. Which led to blisters, infections and months of pain. Then after a careless jump at the beach one day which bruised my heels (note never jump more then 3 feet on to rocks with flip flops, your feet are not made for such impact). All this started in May, so fast forward to present day my feet are just not as happy as they used to be and I have done some pretty serious damage internally to them. So my Dr. told me at my last appt that running is off limits because of the impact on my feet, and the worst part my beautiful collection of high heels are off limits. Can I express I love running, it's not often that I have a chance to but I love it, and my high heels well I love wearing high heels.(please remember I'm barely 5'2 in height so heels are my friend) So a few weeks have passed and I have finally seen where my heart attitude is. We are moody people; as changeable as the weather so to speak. We are so experienced in emotion that we allow them to rule us and not even notice .The attitude of our heart and mood comes across loud and clear. People will notice when there is discontentment. Whether we realize it or not we are being defined by the emotion we display most consistently. Our moods can affect us physically. Think of David in Psalm 102:4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
When we allow our feelings like worry, fear and doubt, to carry us along how does James describe us?
"But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. " James 1:6
If I always say my goal is to have the mind of Christ (Phil 2:5) and harbor discontentment with any area of my life then I am contradicting what I am for. Jesus was a great example of managing his moods. Jesus never allowed His feelings to lead Him to sin. But what a comfort that my Lord knows how I feel and cares. He cares so much that He revealed my heart to me in order to get it right with Him and His word. So even though I still believe that I will be healed in this season I am content. I will hang my running sneakers and put on walking ones, and hang up my heels for ballet flats, but in all honesty don't be surprised a few Sundays or maybe special occasion I break out the heels here and there. So in this coming week take time and ask God is there an area that you harbor discontentment? No matter how big or small He will help you overcome and truly be joyful in every area of life.
Job 36:11
If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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