As the year comes to end, there is one last lesson I want to write about; to make sure that I don't forget it, hoping it will serve as a reminder to me in 2011 and the rest of my life. If something is not easy, do it anyway.
I have been on a work out hiatus for awhile now. It's "not easy" for me to go to the gym and exercise. It's easier to just hang out around the house, doing whatever else I am doing instead. Why is it difficult for us to do things that are beneficial to us if it causes us discomfort or is an inconvenience or simply is "not easy"?
Why do we expect to be comfortable all the time? Is it part of our human condition or part of American culture? I don't know which it is, but I want to learn, want to change my mind to not expect easy.
I want to live all out for God, cross the line all over again. And if it's not easy, I am going to do it anyway.
"But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it." Matthew 7:14
I have been on a work out hiatus for awhile now. It's "not easy" for me to go to the gym and exercise. It's easier to just hang out around the house, doing whatever else I am doing instead. Why is it difficult for us to do things that are beneficial to us if it causes us discomfort or is an inconvenience or simply is "not easy"?
Why do we expect to be comfortable all the time? Is it part of our human condition or part of American culture? I don't know which it is, but I want to learn, want to change my mind to not expect easy.
I want to live all out for God, cross the line all over again. And if it's not easy, I am going to do it anyway.
"But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it." Matthew 7:14
I love this post and I love the challenge to "do it anyway"! 2011 is going to be a great year! Love you, Lanie!
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