Just Do It

I think Nike has something there. I am convinced more and more that the more I make myself do something even though I don't feel like doing it - it is good for me....and it makes me happier. So my new motto each day has been to wake up and say Just Do It. I don't feel like it...do it anyway. It has been a relief and I have been enjoying my days more. Wow. Who knew? This is especially appropo considering the funk I have been in. Sometimes wallering just makes things worse...I gotta get my fanny up and DO!

Philippians 2:12-14 (New International Version)

12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

13for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
14Do everything without complaining or arguing,

This applies to everything. My time with God in the mornings, my loving my husband well, my disciplining the kids, my housework. There has never been a time that I did something I was suppose to that I said, "Well that was useless and a waste of my time". Well...maybe I said that but I still was happy I did it. It was right and good and it agreed with The Spirit that dwells within me. It is like finding the right place to put a piece to the puzzle.

Obedience is like that. Very freeing. Now...I wonder if I can convince my children of this?