Middle Management

How are you at managing your “middle”?

I know it’s an odd question.  But stop and think about it.

In our lives, there is always something ending, there is always something beginning and we are always in the middle of something.  Our ability to manage our reactions and emotions in the “middle” will determine the path of our lives.

Again, stop and think about it.  What happened the last time you were in the the “middle” of it?  If you’re like me, middle reactions are not always the greatest and middle emotions are not always well managed.

God’s promises are always there for us.  God wants us and yearns for us to receive them.  How we manage our middle will determine whether or not we achieve and are open to receiving those promises.

We need to stop letting our battles overcome our blessings and begin ensuring that our story is relevant. We need to keep sight on what is good.  When we are in the middle, we lose sight of our blessings.  When we are in the middle, those blessings may seem small. We can’t let that misconception rule our lives.  We need to reign over perspectives.  We need to be intentional with our emotions and reactions.

Why?

Our emotions and reactions dictate how others will respond.

Our emotions and reactions dictate our outlook on things.

Our emotions and reactions directly impact our future.

If we want positivity in our lives, we must maintain today’s story.

Story?  What’s my story?

We need to maintain our story because we fight the enemy today with today’s story. Yesterday’s story is old and withered and we may no longer believe in it.  We need to dig deep and find even the tiniest of miracles in our lives today.  And then we must tell that story.  Tell it to ourselves and others.  The stories we tell ourselves and others have a profound impact.  

If our story is about how awesome we are, how blessed we are, what a great five minute workout we had...we'll exude positive vibes.  If our story is about how we were stuck in traffic for 20 minutes, how much we hate all the commercials, how horrible we are at __fill in the blank__...we'll exude some pretty bad juju.

David fought a giant with a  tiny rock. Our story doesn’t have to be ginormous.  It can be a telling of one of the tiniest things.  One of my tiny stories is that a little ole white haired woman gave me a cart without accepting a quarter back at Aldi.  Small...yet selfless and gave me joy today.

We need to stop and think about the story we are telling ourselves today and how we manage our "middles".

The story we tell ourselves and our middle management play a huge part in determining whether or not we can #BeHappy and #FindTheJoy.

Thanks to Steven Furtick for the topic and message!