Stuck in a Rut?

One of my favorite songs off of U2’s “All that You Can’t Leave Behind” album is “Stuck in a Moment.”  They also put out an acoustic version which blows me away each time I hear it.  Here’s the chorus:

You’ve got to get yourself together

You got stuck in a moment and now you can’t get out of it

Don’t say that later would be better now you’re stuck in a moment

And now you can’t get out of it

Have you ever been in the place where you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut and will never recover?  Has something ever happened to you that took your confidence and you didn’t know if you would ever get it back?  It’s a bad place to be.  It affects all of our relationships.  When we are in a place like that we can be difficult to be around.  We lash out at the ones we love and the God we serve because it angers us to feel like we will never recover.  Are you in a rut today?  Do you feel stuck?

I wish I could tell you that there’s a specific prayer to pray or thing to do that will fix everything like magic.  There’s not.  It takes time to heal.  Time to recover.  Time to get back on that horse.  That doesn’t mean that we are just supposed to sit there and wait for things to work themselves out.  Getting out of the rut requires action.  With that in mind, I’ve come up with some things that maybe you haven’t thought of.  This obviously isn’t a be all/end all list, but it’s helped me when I was “stuck.”

Forgotten 5 ways to get out of your rut

1. Put others first
2. Be accountable for the goals you’ve set for yourself and your family.  Haven’t written down any goals, you say?  Grab a pen and start dreaming.
3. Learn to love your job or…
4. Quit your job and find something you love to do.
5. Count your blessings instead of your burdens

What’s on your list?

This is the album version. Sadly, the acoustic version is no longer available.