Positive Daily Inspiration - July 21, 2023
JUST DO IT!
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JUST DO IT!
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31
The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat.
At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they might have time to run away. Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day.
Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. At last a very young Mouse got up and said:
“I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful. All we have to do is to hang a bell about the Cat’s neck. When we hear the bell ringing we will know immediately that our enemy is coming.”
All the Mice were much surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before. But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good fortune, an old Mouse arose and said:
“I will say that the plan of the young Mouse is very good. But let me ask one question: Who will bell the Cat?”
Moral: It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.
I believe that when someone says, “Someone should do something,” that person should run to the nearest mirror, and then find the person that should take action.
I often tell people that complain about something with passion, to get involved, if it’s politics – run for office. Standing on the sidelines is not the same as getting in the game. Life is not a spectator sport.
One of my favorite simple pieces of poetry is as follows:
A Bell is not a Bell until you ring it,
A song is not a song until you sing it
Love in your heart is not meant there to stay,
Love is not love until you give it away.
Life is about positively giving forth, not taking. Life is about the difference YOU make.
Just as a boat does not reach its potential in dry dock, the human is not doing God’s will by NOT taking positive action. Life is movement, life is action, life is trying to do your best.
I would rather be a person that failed, than a person that did not try at all. Some of the failures of my life have been exhilarating. It was a wise person said that sometimes we fail to reach our greatest pinnacles of success, because we have not failed enough.
I often share with my son when he is overwhelmed with all the things that he wants to do this simple wisdom. I hold up one finger and I say, “Do just one thing in the direction that you want to go, that will start you, and the passion will keep you going.”
Just do it – but don’t do it alone.
So many people never move because they are so fearful of failure. If they could just grasp a glimpse of the profound help that is available to them from God they would start moving and have the confidence to keep moving to reach their every goal. The impossible is easy for God. God makes life easy for you, if you keep yourself in gear, and going in a forward God directed direction.
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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:
Dear God,
I feel an exhilarating excitement as I realize You and I can accomplish great things together.
Empower me please.
Guide me please.
I am ready to move.
I am ready to follow where You lead me.
Thank You God!
POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:
I am aglow with the empowerment of the Christ.
POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:
“Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.”
W. C. Doane
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