A Funk

 It was two days.

Two days of a bad mood. A funk. A lousy attitude. 

Thank God I can be real with all of you cyber-friends. 

I drove to the new house and looked it over with skeptical eyes.  "Everything looks worse."

The yard was lush green and sits with dirt and tractor tracks. The deck was a perfect compliment to the pool and now sits heaped in the dumpster. 

The basement, remember the mold remediators? They did their job, and now it is mold free, but bare and less than finished. 

"Why does everything have to get worse before it gets better?"

I thought through my lingering bad mood while wrapping up a hose and cleaning drywall dust from each room. 

I always compare my reality to His. What does He have to say about this? What is truth? When Jesus walked on earth, did He ever walk through this?

For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

I remembered that Jesus saw everything around him get worse. It had to get worse before it could get better. 

He could have lived in a funk, a justified bad mood, but For The Joy Set Before Him, he didn't. He saw the end, the goal and He saw that "everything getting worse" was worth it. 

No matter what we are going through, there is a joy that has been placed before us, and it's worth it. When life comes crashing down, when everything looks a mess, God is still in control, and I've gotta choose to focus on the joy before me. 

I finished hanging the wrapped hoses and sang songs through the echoing and empty house. 

Thank you God for revelation. 

Thank you for a change in perspective. 

Thank you for loving me and teaching me, all at the same time. 

Your day is paved before you. It's gonna be awesome. 

Cheers!