For one thing, I am not the kind of person who can write about things that aren't largely significant to me. Somehow writing about a new recipe I've tried just doesn't seem like me.
Secondly, just taking the time to write every day is a challenge in itself. Do you know how many excuses you can come up with the avoid things? It's unbelievable. I'll sit down at my computer, notice the dog hair all over the living room floor and the next thing you know I'm vacuuming. It's really crazy how that seems to happen...
So, in the moments where I can think of nothing to write about and I just want to throw in the towel on this whole thing, I will push through and write anyway. Even if it's a post like this one where I say a whole bunch of nothing at all. Because sometimes we all have to do things that we are too "tired" to do.
Sometimes when the little things in life seem too overwhelming, I think about my blessings instead. Like when I don't "want" to go for a run I think instead about the gift of strong legs to carry me for miles. Or when I don't want to write I thank God for my ability to use words to paint a picture. Or when I don't want to get out of bed in the morning I thank God that I woke up and get to live the day.
I don't always do this, but I've been challenging myself recently to be thankful as opposed to being so inconvenienced by all the blessings in my life.
Phillipians 2:14-18
"Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless. But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God, just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy. Yes, you should rejoice, and I will share your joy."
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