Nike
Good Morning Girls! I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I have had awesome devotional time each morning. I have pages of thoughts and notes and stories and things to explore. The bad news it that I have yet to get my thoughts to the computer each morning. I haven't quite mastered my schedule in that area yet.
Last night when I was looking at my schedule for today, I once again wondered when and how I would get to my computer. As I set my alarm I debated whether or not I should set it for another hour earlier. I decided not to. Instead I said "Lord, if I should blog in the morning, wake me up"..........
Girls, the Lord always...ALWAYS......answers prayers that line up with his will for you life! ALWAYS! The fact that I woke up 64 minutes prior to my alarm, is just one of many examples I could give you!
So there is a certain amount of pressure when you know as you know you are supposed to do something. I knew I was supposed to write. However, I have so many notes and thoughts whirling in my head that I didn't know where to start.
I prayed. I looked through all the notes and verses and treasures I have put to paper. I did my homework from the this weeks HomeMakers teaching. I looked at the biblegateway verse of the day. Everywhere I looked I was bombarded with good Word! Word that I could sit and talk about forever.
Now this seems like a good thing right? It is good to have an abundance of good Word and thoughts and ideas.....right? One would think so.......
But I found it unnerving. Wanting to make sure I selected the "perfect" direction, I felt myself getting a little anxious. A little unnerved. I felt the pressure building and I could feel myself shutting down.
Now, the funniest part about all of this is that this is all self imposed pressure! I write because I want to. My heart desires it. My soul craves it. My adrenaline rises every time I hit the "publish" button.
There is nobody monitoring me or paying me (yet...Amen and WORD). There is nobody giving me a quota or telling me that this is part of my job. I do it because it is who I am.......and that thought still amazes me.........
So In my whirlwind of "Where do I start?" and "What direction should I go?" I feel the Lord speak to my heart and say "Just start." So I did.
Now I have learned the hard way that my demon possessed computer may at anytime skip forward to a new website or shut down completely in which case whatever I have written is lost. However, if I have given my blog a title, the website will auto save my writing every few minutes.
Not knowing what my title would be (since I had no idea what my writing was going to be about) I simply gave it the title you see today......NIKE.
I am obsessed with the Nike campaign. I think it is ingenious and I hope whoever coined it is a Christian and got paid a boat load of cash! If they only got the cash, then I pray that the Holy Ghost gets hold of them. But I digress.......
I love the NIKE campaign because it says it all in three little words......8 letters......JUST DO IT!
JUST DO IT! I don't want to work out....JUST DO IT! I don't want to vacuum......JUST DO IT! I don't want to be nice to my husband......JUST DO IT! I don't want to volunteer for that project.......JUST DO IT! I don't know what to say, what to do, or where to start...............
JUST TO IT!!!!
Girls, how often do we spend more time thinking about something we don't want to do than it would take to actually do it? How often do we get so anxious and overwhelmed in our search for the "perfect" plan that we never get out of planning stage? How often do we wish we were something, or wish we could have something, but never take a step towards it?
Renee spent the last two weeks talking about having the grace to be happy.
Once again, NIKE can sum it up in 8 letters.......JUST DO IT!!!!
"But Jen, aren't you oversimplifying it just a little?".
Maybe. But as a sales manager I read many sales books and heard many sales presentations that harped on the K.I.S.S. method.....Keep It Simple, Stupid......
Keep it simple. Start basing some of your decisions each day on this question "Would this make me happy?". If the answer is yes.......JUST DO IT!!!
But you have to be honest with yourself when you ask yourself that question. Sure, a pint of Ben and Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch ice cream (wow I was kind of specific there wasn't I?) may make me happy.......for about 30 minutes until the self loathing and reality check begin. Sure, lashing out at your hubby make you feel a bit satisfied, even pleased with yourself for a moment.......until you realize the damage you have done to your relationship.
I am not talking about asking yourself "What would make me feel better right this minute?" I am not talking about satisfying your instant gratification whine ball flesh that will drag you down the trail to Unhappyville in 30 seconds flat. No!
I am talking about asking yourself what will truly make you happy. What will bring you satisfaction? What will bring you to that state of perfect and entire wanting nothing?
Once you have even a glimpse or a clue of what that may be, start basing your daily decisions on getting there. JUST DO IT! Even if you are not sure what exactly to do.......
If you start to "NIKE", the Lord will steer you and guide you. Todays blog is the perfect example of that! Sure, it may rabbit trail and seem less than well thought out; but I tell you this.....it's better than the blank page I could have continued to stare at until time ran out. And that is exactly what would have happened had I not simply DONE IT!
And now I feel happy...........
Proverbs 10:25 The hopes of the godly result in happiness!
Love, grace, and a NIKE day to you all-
Jen
Last night when I was looking at my schedule for today, I once again wondered when and how I would get to my computer. As I set my alarm I debated whether or not I should set it for another hour earlier. I decided not to. Instead I said "Lord, if I should blog in the morning, wake me up"..........
Girls, the Lord always...ALWAYS......answers prayers that line up with his will for you life! ALWAYS! The fact that I woke up 64 minutes prior to my alarm, is just one of many examples I could give you!
So there is a certain amount of pressure when you know as you know you are supposed to do something. I knew I was supposed to write. However, I have so many notes and thoughts whirling in my head that I didn't know where to start.
I prayed. I looked through all the notes and verses and treasures I have put to paper. I did my homework from the this weeks HomeMakers teaching. I looked at the biblegateway verse of the day. Everywhere I looked I was bombarded with good Word! Word that I could sit and talk about forever.
Now this seems like a good thing right? It is good to have an abundance of good Word and thoughts and ideas.....right? One would think so.......
But I found it unnerving. Wanting to make sure I selected the "perfect" direction, I felt myself getting a little anxious. A little unnerved. I felt the pressure building and I could feel myself shutting down.
Now, the funniest part about all of this is that this is all self imposed pressure! I write because I want to. My heart desires it. My soul craves it. My adrenaline rises every time I hit the "publish" button.
There is nobody monitoring me or paying me (yet...Amen and WORD). There is nobody giving me a quota or telling me that this is part of my job. I do it because it is who I am.......and that thought still amazes me.........
So In my whirlwind of "Where do I start?" and "What direction should I go?" I feel the Lord speak to my heart and say "Just start." So I did.
Now I have learned the hard way that my demon possessed computer may at anytime skip forward to a new website or shut down completely in which case whatever I have written is lost. However, if I have given my blog a title, the website will auto save my writing every few minutes.
Not knowing what my title would be (since I had no idea what my writing was going to be about) I simply gave it the title you see today......NIKE.
I am obsessed with the Nike campaign. I think it is ingenious and I hope whoever coined it is a Christian and got paid a boat load of cash! If they only got the cash, then I pray that the Holy Ghost gets hold of them. But I digress.......
I love the NIKE campaign because it says it all in three little words......8 letters......JUST DO IT!
JUST DO IT! I don't want to work out....JUST DO IT! I don't want to vacuum......JUST DO IT! I don't want to be nice to my husband......JUST DO IT! I don't want to volunteer for that project.......JUST DO IT! I don't know what to say, what to do, or where to start...............
JUST TO IT!!!!
Girls, how often do we spend more time thinking about something we don't want to do than it would take to actually do it? How often do we get so anxious and overwhelmed in our search for the "perfect" plan that we never get out of planning stage? How often do we wish we were something, or wish we could have something, but never take a step towards it?
Renee spent the last two weeks talking about having the grace to be happy.
Once again, NIKE can sum it up in 8 letters.......JUST DO IT!!!!
"But Jen, aren't you oversimplifying it just a little?".
Maybe. But as a sales manager I read many sales books and heard many sales presentations that harped on the K.I.S.S. method.....Keep It Simple, Stupid......
Keep it simple. Start basing some of your decisions each day on this question "Would this make me happy?". If the answer is yes.......JUST DO IT!!!
But you have to be honest with yourself when you ask yourself that question. Sure, a pint of Ben and Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch ice cream (wow I was kind of specific there wasn't I?) may make me happy.......for about 30 minutes until the self loathing and reality check begin. Sure, lashing out at your hubby make you feel a bit satisfied, even pleased with yourself for a moment.......until you realize the damage you have done to your relationship.
I am not talking about asking yourself "What would make me feel better right this minute?" I am not talking about satisfying your instant gratification whine ball flesh that will drag you down the trail to Unhappyville in 30 seconds flat. No!
I am talking about asking yourself what will truly make you happy. What will bring you satisfaction? What will bring you to that state of perfect and entire wanting nothing?
Once you have even a glimpse or a clue of what that may be, start basing your daily decisions on getting there. JUST DO IT! Even if you are not sure what exactly to do.......
If you start to "NIKE", the Lord will steer you and guide you. Todays blog is the perfect example of that! Sure, it may rabbit trail and seem less than well thought out; but I tell you this.....it's better than the blank page I could have continued to stare at until time ran out. And that is exactly what would have happened had I not simply DONE IT!
And now I feel happy...........
Proverbs 10:25 The hopes of the godly result in happiness!
Love, grace, and a NIKE day to you all-
Jen
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