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So I’ve been having a problem lately getting up in the morning.  It’s a typical problem of many people, I’m guessing, but it doesn’t make it any less of a problem for me.  You see, when it is not summertime, I have a little issue with exercise.  And what I mean by “little” is that I don’t get any exercise.

So Sarah and I had been doing fairly well at getting up four or five times a week…for two weeks running…and doing exercise.  And then it dropped to nil.  Part of that can be helped by going to bed earlier (which I’m not helping now by staying up to type this, but…) is just pure ol’ motivation.

…and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts.  If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.” — 1 Chronicles 28:9

So if something as serious as serving Him is supposed to be done with wholehearted devotion — because I want to do it, not because I have to do it – wouldn’t something that I have to do for personal health be much easier if I applied my energy to it?  While it may be a leap for some, this is something that is (now) a no-brainer for me.  Not that it will make the first days any easier, but having a purpose and reasoning always helps.

And besides, those days that I do sleep in will now be all that more special!

As it has been well over a year since my last post, and I’ve come to realize that I haven’t been spending the time I needed…no, I haven’t been spending any time finding Him outside of my own mind.  Which means — at least to me — that I haven’t been thinking very much.

 The last year and a half has brought quite a few blessings — a new daughter, a continued healthy family, better personal health, and a promotion, to name a few — and I haven’t exactly done anything to thank Him for it in a meaningful, lasting way.

So the word that came to mind to research was thought.  I thought this fitting as I feel I’m starting to actually do this again.  Thought, according to Dictionary.com, has some of the following (interesting) meanings:

1. mental activity
2. a consideration or reflection
3. intention, design, or purpose

These are interesting because if I haven’t been thinking for the past year (or more — and I truly don’t think that I have), then not only have I not reflected on happenings in my life, but I have also had no mental activity, no purpose.  This troubles me, to say the least!

The Bible, in Proverbs 14:15, says, “A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.“  In Chapter 21, Verse 29 of the same book, “A wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his ways.“  So by not thinking, not only am I a simple person who doesn’t work towards following Him, I’m setting myself up for wickedness.  Not the path I’m choosing, m’friends.

1 Corinthians 13:11 reads “When I was a child, I talked like a child.  When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.“  So, yet again, it is time for me to grow up and think.

A goal for the year is improve on follow through. Following through on projects (I have a habit of starting many projects at once, then putting most of them off)…following through on promises, even when it wasn’t “officially” a promise (I need to treat the words “I’ll take care of that for you” the same as if I promised)…and more.

No matter the turnout, no matter good nor bad…I need to treat follow through the same as if I promised…the same as if I gave my word.

When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said. — Numbers 30:2

So, to become the person that I am, should be, and used to be (is that confusing yet?)…another step is follow through. One of many, but important.