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This is what I have chewing on ever since the Rebelution Conference.



I’ve been thinking a lot about doing hard things in regards to my attitude. How does the attitude I maintain portray my life as an element of God’s kingdom, and a Rebelutionary in my generation? Am I truly rejoicing in the life I have been granted by God? Or do I gripe and fuss because. ‘Hey, face it, life is not always easy’? Or am I straining ahead to what might be in the future instead of enjoying and making the most of every day in the place God has me now? Having a godly attitude is hard, let me explain….
My current situation has me staying at home watching my younger siblings, trying to keep the house clean and doing all the laundry for a family of 11 people. As of current I have virtually no options to do what I used to call ‘important’ hard things.
If you went to the Conference or read the book you have for sure heard about the ‘important’ hard thing that are getting done by your fellow Rebelutionaries, they are raising millions for orphans, writing books, producing films, and digging wells in Africa. Now if you are anything like me you looked at them and thought, “Man, if only I was somewhere else; that could be me”
I have often asked the question: “ God, why couldn’t you have given me a hard thing that would make a more significant impact in the big picture”. For me, making my bed, doing dishes, folding laundry…all that is normal expected actions I have done all my life, but doing it with a joyful and grateful attitude, now that is HARD! I mean who is going to know or even care for that matter that I held my temper with my sister today. Honestly 99.99999% of this world is not going to give a rip if you kept from losing your cool or not, and even if they notice you can be sure you will not hear about it. I say 99.99999% because your sister is sure to care if you blow up at her; you might even hear something from your parents if you really got heated. But, letting it go and being patient is not going to see the president hanging the Best Teen medal round your neck and giving a speech on how well you controlled your temper.
Which is exactly why it seems so much harder to cheerfully wash the dishes, patiently amuse your baby brother for hours on end, or say no to your temper and turn the other cheek instead. No one is going to pat you on the back and ask you to come speak to their youth group because you did your chores with a good attitude. In fact it will seem at the time that no one cares at all whether you make the effort to have a good attitude.
But, God does! He sees, He cares, and it is for Him and His glory that we do hard things in the first place! It may seem like it is not really important to have a good attitude wherever God has you today but, this is part of God’s training camp for your future; the clearing of your launching pad so to speak.
It is just as hard of a thing in God’s eyes for my to rejoice in folding laundry and changing dirty diapers, as it is for Alex and Brett to travel country wide ministering through the conference, or for ‘Hoops of Hope’ to go world wide in its endeavor. God has me in one place and them in another. All three are equally important.
The hard thing God has given me to do for today is to rejoice, be content, and to mirror my life after His. Right now that mirror reflects mountains of laundry, whiny kids, a messy house, and a joyful spirit. My heart attitude is my hard thing!

How about you?


What is your “Hard Attitude”?