Did you ever need an attitude adjustment?  I did!  God told me I needed one yesterday……I went by a church yesterday and they had a sign outside that read “Kindness beautifies like snow” and I laughed!  Then I laughed that I laughed and I felt the Lord clear his throat at me as if to say “would you please read that sign with a different attitude?”.  I have to admit……I needed an attitude adjustment.  That is the beautiful conviction of the Holy Spirit.  It isn’t condemnation….if our hearts allow it…..it is conviction and when we take it one step further……we will allow growth in our hearts…and I love personal growth……..This snow has really been getting to me so I was not in the right frame of mind….or as I have been talking about ….the right frame of heart…..

You see, where I was coming from at that moment, was the snow was weeks old…..dirty…..hard……icy…….and from what I gather…..we are all pretty tired of it this season……so beautiful wasn’t on the top of the list of the words for snow at least for this season anymore….so it just made me laugh…..so, at that moment…when I read “Kindness beautifies like snow” it wasn’t registering in my bad attitude with snow.  I am just being honest, real and raw if anyone can relate.  But stick with me…….

Now, here is where my conviction came in……when God asked me to read it again, with a different attitude……He even helped me.  He put me in a different scenario one day when I was driving on a back road when the snow was first falling and the roads were so empty……no one was on the road but me at that moment.  It was so peaceful, so calming to be honest……..trees were immensely covered with this beautiful white covering, actually nothing was NOT white.  Everything was so still.  And I remembered telling the Lord that day, at that moment, how awesome and beautiful the snow really is…..how calming, peaceful……and how it can take an ordinary surrounding that we pass everyday and turn it into something extraordinary and cover it totally……

hmmmmm, that is what kindness can do……one simple act of kindness can bring calmness, can bring peace, can take an ordinary day  and turn it into an extraordinary day!!!  How awesome is that!!

Colossians 3:14  And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Guess what!  Conviction from the Holy Spirit, if we allow Him, really does work!  Actually, that is pretty awesome too!  I learn great and mighty things each and everyday when I allow Him to teach me and give me many needed attitude adjustments!  I might not look at snow the same ever again!  lol 🙂  – if up to Him – I won’t!

Have a great day!

Kelly