Can we talk about PMS? Of course we can. I was reminded of the painful topic yesterday when, after fighting with the USPS Click-N-Ship site for about 24 hours, I realized I was “grumpy”.
Once upon a time (ask my hero, or my older kids!) being “grumpy” was not news worthy, it was simply a fact of my cyclical life. Thankfully I am not who I once was:
Therefore if anyone is (Y)in Christ, he is (Z)a new creature; (AA)the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Having written a response to a comment from Karen while I was in my state of agitation (literally technical-persistence exhaustion), I was quite concerned that I may have “leaked” my grumpiness, possibly contaminating innocent readers.
To which concern I joyfully respond: I AM NOT WHAT I ONCE WAS! (Which is a very good thing, as I have a medical condition making it unlikely I will experience menopause until my 50s.)
Although I don’t struggle as much with grumpiness, and when I do it is difficult to detect, I am not what I will be either. Isn’t the basic complaint against Christians that they aren’t like Christ? Someday …
2(D)Beloved, now we are (E)children of God, and (F)it has not appeared as yet what we will be We know that when He (G)appears, we will be (H)like Him, because we will (I)see Him just as He is. 1 John 3:2
Now there’s something to look forward to! And three of you have packages coming from me to look forward to, thanks to the fine shipping tool available in PayPal.
Isn’t it wonderful that God gives us the power to change! I see so many things in my life that have changed over the years since I gave up just being a “commited Christian” and set on a path to become inwardly more like the Jesus I follow. Of course He’s ultimately the One Who does the changing, but my participation is required too. Great thoughts. Thanks for this. BTW, I think hormone emotions are one area that can be especially hard to surrender to His control…For me anyway! 🙂
You fight with Click-N-Ship too?? At least I’m not the only one…
And AMEN to everything you said! I look forward to the day when I am perfect. “What a day of rejoicing that will be!” (for me, yes, and I know my poor husband will be rejoicing doubly loud) 🙂 Why is it that (for the most part) I can be smooth as silk to “outsiders” but I take my full “grumpiness” out on my hubby? I’ve just been pondering that the last couple of days…
I agree with CharityGrace about hormonal emotions being harder to surrender to His control. Too often I get caught in the middle before I realize what’s going on. Regardless, “I’m not who I once was,” and His mercies are new every morning!
Oh, Amen to that. I do believe that my character is getting better, but unfortunately with age, my cyclical grumpiness seems to be getting worse–ARGH!
Rebecca, I don’t think anyone would read your comment there and think you were being grumpy! The comment seemed matter-of-fact. Made me wish I had a black skirt for her!
Speaking of the grumps, I came THIS close to quitting my job one day because of PMS. The next day, I was like, “What was THAT all about?” LOL Another time, I was in the grocery store thinking to myself that all this about chocolate cravings was such nonsense–whereupon, of course, I looked in my basket to discover SOMEONE had loaded it with chocolate cookies, chocolate bars and chocolate ice cream.
I liked this post. I’ve tried to raise my daughters with the attitude that PMS is not an excuse to sin, but guess who does not always follow that?! For me it seems to be getting worse the closer I get to menopause. I think I’m there in some respects and I have a lot of emotions fluctuating from that alone. When some women tell me it took 10 years, I just about want to die! Ten years of this?! But, this too shall pass!
Anyone for chocolate? I can relate to the above comment!