Today is the 12th and my taxes are supposed to be mailed in 3 days and I haven’t started yet. I have a goal to exercise 90 minutes each day. I didn’t exercise at all yesterday and I am sitting in my chair this evening telling myself I am going to get up and do it any minute now, but still I sit. I don’t think anything makes me more disgusted with myself than putting off unpleasant tasks when I know they need to get done. My desire is that I would be strong, that I would do what is right, what is responsible, what is important, and not allow my own flesh to control me. I have stretches where everything clicks and I am in a groove doing everything that I want in a timely way. But then for some reason I will get tired, discouraged, depressed and then I lapse into “nothingness”!Then I work at getting back into the groove, I finally get there and then I relapse again. I do know that the down times are way shorter than they used to be and the length of time between the relapses is getting longer. Change and growth is slow and gradual. I will persevere asking the Lord for His strength everyday, and I will press on to maturity.
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From: Pastor Dee’s Blog <comment-reply@wordpress.com> Reply-To: Pastor Dee’s Blog <comment+26t6xkl1t7thk4wzbolxof@comment.wordpress.com> Date: Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 8:07 PM To: Michael Silva <ms@mikesilva.org> Subject: [New post] Procrastination
deefduke posted: “Today is the 12th and my taxes are supposed to be mailed in 3 days and I haven’t started yet. I have a goal to exercise 90 minutes each day. I didn’t exercise at all yesterday and I am sitting in my chair this evening telling myself I am going to get up a”
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It is such an encouragement to know that one of our heros in the Faith (you) struggles against the flesh just as we do. Thank you for reminding us that the road to maturity is long — often one step forward and two steps back. Keep reminding us to press on, and to not give in or give up — and we will keep praying God continues to give you the strength to keep praying for all of us.
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