Motivation

Have you ever had a day when you know there were things to gt done and no matter how hard you try you can't get started?

OR

Has there ever been a day when you start but don't know how to keep going?

It's funny because as I sit here and write this I feel myself answering yes to the second question. I always thought the hardest thing was getting started. Seems as if the the hardest part at times is staying started. Staying started on a task, on a path... Why does procrastination seem so appealing? What is it about putting things off to the last minute that has us so excited? Is it exciting to have to scramble to get things done or is it the idea of I can do it later..... and since I can do it later, I will do it later.

What happens when later comes? This is probably when we start scrambling....

Personally, to be honest, depending on the circumstance, I either answer number 2, number 1 or any of the other questions in the post. Later to me feels more appealing. I now have to get it done or suffer the consequences. But then I hate the consequences when they come up.. Guess you can't have it both ways...

It does make me wonder. I wonder what would happen if every starter of every religion put off until tomorrow what they could do today.... Would we have all the troubles that we are having?

Think about it, if they put off until tomorrow... There probably would be one less religion, one less belief for people to go to war over... One less....

Maybe that's just wishful thinking...

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me? I found myself asking that question the other day. I had made a phone call and couldn't hear the person on the other end... I wanted to know if they could hear me. They could, then I could hear them, and then we were able to talk.

This is what God has to do for us at times. We can get so busy with life and the cares of the world that we forget to sit down and talk to God. We don't stop and listen. When we don't stop and listen, just like little children, we walk off and head into a direction that we are not supposed to go in. Just like any parent, I bet, God is saying "If they had only taken the time to sit down and talk to me and to listen".

I find myself doing that. Getting so busy don't stop to listen. Where I used to talk with him all the time, I fell into not listening, not talking. I find myself making moves where I wonder if God is saying if only they were listening.... I wonder if they can hear me...

My goal for today is to sit and listen. To take time to not only talk to God, but to listen to him as well. Will you join me?

If today ye hear his voice, harden not your heart... Psalm 95:7-8