My day, yesterday, deserves no more thought…except as honest disclosure that we all make disappointing choices…that’s why I’ll share. I was in a certifiable “funk”.

It began on Wednesday. It had been a day full of “challenges”; but it was also the last day of the month. My sales had been great all month and I had several projects pending…even my Manager commented how close I was to reaching my personal goal. But I sat there the last two hours of the day with no returned phone calls or emails…and ended the month less than I hoped…and I was disappointed. My budget would be affected and my plans, as well…yuk.

Then yesterday morning, I woke up entirely too early and began writing my post…only to have my phone have some weird glitch with copy/paste not even coming up on my notes; and when I tried to force it, the note deleted…and I had to start all over again. Double yuk.

Then I wanted to crawl back in bed after carpool; but the neighbors were having their concrete patio torn up…surely, they heard it in Houston…no rest for the weary…triple yuk.

And, at that point, I allowed the “cloak of funk” to settle over me…the day got better with lots of favor in my circumstances…but it was like I was walking through a cloud. It was peaceful…but my inner Joy was being held down…and I knew it. Just couldn’t shake off the “cloak”.

When I finally accepted that I couldn’t rest, I went about my errands, met my prayer partner for a wonderful gift, and then we raced to our prayer group. When the last gal arrived, she mentioned my curly hair… It wasn’t until I got home and looked in the mirror to brush my teeth before bed that I realized what she meant…my hair was a disheveled mess of curls and my eye makeup was smeared from the night before…I LOOKED like I was in a funk…and I started laughing. And the cloak began to crack.

And when I laid my head on my pillow…in the glorious silence of darkness…this tape began playing over and over in my head…”I am the Righteousness of Christ….I am the Righteousness of Christ…” And the cloak completely shattered.

That’s what I needed all along…to be reminded of WHO HE IS and, therefore, who I am IN HIM…and I was gently reminded…just as there is no room for doubt when you’ve accepted Christ as your Savior…there is truly no reason to wear the “cloak of funk”…when you wear His Robe of RIGHTeousness. 🙂

“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11 ASV)