The horses literally wait for the mower to shoot out the grass clippings from the other side of the fence so they can eat it, even though they are in a huge field with lots of grass :)
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Always Greener on the other side...
The horses literally wait for the mower to shoot out the grass clippings from the other side of the fence so they can eat it, even though they are in a huge field with lots of grass :)
How bad do you want it?
So I always get these spam emails for dieting pills and such (I think because I belong to many running/fitness type magazines and forums) and then I turned on the tv and the one channel I get had this infommercial on this no struggle Diet Plan. The message for both was the same: You don't have to exercise and you can eat whatever you want and you will still lose weight!
How dumb. Who actually buys into that? Actually I bet a lot of people do. It drives me nuts that people can't just accept the fact that if they want to change they are going to have to put in the effort. I'm sorry, if you want to lose weight; start running and limit what you eat-that's just how it is. Why do they sell it to you that way? Because everyone wants life to be easy.
For some reason we can find a hundred and one excuses to not put in the effort or talk about how it's not our fault we are the way we are.
I think we as Christians do the same thing with our faith. Or I will say it like this-I know I do that with my faith a lot of the time. Jesus saved us outright, with us not doing a thing to earn it (a little thing called justification)but once we accept that salvation, our sanctification process starts and there in-lies the work part. Still not working to earn anything, but if you believe Christ died for you and you want Him to change you, you must cooperate and do the work necessary for Christ to take hold of your life and change it.
So what are the excuses?? Well have you ever said 'I'm waiting for God to reveal His will'? And then said that over and over and over again while you do nothing about it. It is not a bad thing to wait on God's will, but when you are just waiting forever and ever, it doesn't mean God has not revealed His will, it usually means you are relying on yourself, whether out of fear or doubt, to come up with a solution because you don't like the answer you see from God. Or you assume God will bring you what or who you need and you sit back "waiting on God" but never do anything. Or you can't do what God asks until everything gets answered for you. These are poor response as a Christian. Christ saved you, but He didn't intend it to end with that. In Philippians, Paul says to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." He talks about obedience as being an active thing. DO SOMETHING.
So wherever you are stuck, don't blame God. Take a leap of faith, find out what the Bible says about it and do something. Make a change in your life. Figure out what your issues are and deal with them, don't just bury them or expect God to fix them and make them go away.
And by all means don't think you can eat ice cream everyday, take a diet pill and poof everything is fine. If that was the case Owowcow would not be a problem for me :)
How dumb. Who actually buys into that? Actually I bet a lot of people do. It drives me nuts that people can't just accept the fact that if they want to change they are going to have to put in the effort. I'm sorry, if you want to lose weight; start running and limit what you eat-that's just how it is. Why do they sell it to you that way? Because everyone wants life to be easy.
For some reason we can find a hundred and one excuses to not put in the effort or talk about how it's not our fault we are the way we are.
I think we as Christians do the same thing with our faith. Or I will say it like this-I know I do that with my faith a lot of the time. Jesus saved us outright, with us not doing a thing to earn it (a little thing called justification)but once we accept that salvation, our sanctification process starts and there in-lies the work part. Still not working to earn anything, but if you believe Christ died for you and you want Him to change you, you must cooperate and do the work necessary for Christ to take hold of your life and change it.
So what are the excuses?? Well have you ever said 'I'm waiting for God to reveal His will'? And then said that over and over and over again while you do nothing about it. It is not a bad thing to wait on God's will, but when you are just waiting forever and ever, it doesn't mean God has not revealed His will, it usually means you are relying on yourself, whether out of fear or doubt, to come up with a solution because you don't like the answer you see from God. Or you assume God will bring you what or who you need and you sit back "waiting on God" but never do anything. Or you can't do what God asks until everything gets answered for you. These are poor response as a Christian. Christ saved you, but He didn't intend it to end with that. In Philippians, Paul says to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." He talks about obedience as being an active thing. DO SOMETHING.
So wherever you are stuck, don't blame God. Take a leap of faith, find out what the Bible says about it and do something. Make a change in your life. Figure out what your issues are and deal with them, don't just bury them or expect God to fix them and make them go away.
And by all means don't think you can eat ice cream everyday, take a diet pill and poof everything is fine. If that was the case Owowcow would not be a problem for me :)
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