By some statistics many who made resolutions for the new year have
already failed at some if not all of them.
I'm here to remind you
that's okay.
Failure is an event not a person.
We put way
too much emphasis on the first day of the new year anyway.
As for
setting goals, we also place too much on the first day of the month or
Mondays.
I remember when I was in sales, we struggled with
getting people to commit to something as we got closer to the holidays
each year.
"Well, let me think about it. Call me after the
holidays."
Then there was vacation time.
"As soon as I get
back from vacation."
The truth is, most people spend more time
planning their vacations than they do planning their life.
We are
all procrastinators in some way.
So, when is a good time to
begin?
How about right now?
Whatever resolution you may
have failed to keep can be started again and again, at any time if it is
for all the right reasons.
Whether it be a change in diet,
attitude, exercise, finances, relationships or simply to read more, play
more, rest more, there is no better time to begin than right now.
Obviously, you have chosen something that you believe in. By failing
to follow through on that belief you may be revealing the real truth.
You don't believe in yourself enough to make it happen.
Now
is the time to begin.
Permit me to ask you this question.
If you had failed God in any way when should you ask for forgiveness and
change your ways?
Monday? The first of the month? After vacation?
After you do it wrong a few more times just to get it out of your
system?
No! God would want you to do it now.
What you
failed to accomplish in these first days of the new year may not be an
actual sin against God. Still, He wants you to be happy, to thrive, and
to be all you can be.
So, if those changes, those resolutions you
made would make you a better you, isn't that what God expects of you?
When you were born He made the best possible you.
He then
expected you to live up to it and grow into the plans He had for you
from the very beginning.
Here's the best part. Everyday that you
wake up He gives you another chance to begin again. He closes the door
on yesterday and opens the door to today.
You know what you have
to do. You know why you should. You also know that you can.
It's
not just another day, it's another chance.
Having Failed Myself
Today's Bible Verse:
"Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today,
when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before:
'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.'" (Heb 4:7)
Having Failed Myself
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