excuses

I love the excuses I get when I ask my kids to do things. Some days it feels like they have an excuse for everything! Today I heard the best excuse ever! It was from the mouth of my 3 year old. She was playing hide and go seek with her brother and her babysitter and it was her turn to count. "I can't count" she said "I have an owie on my finger". WHAT? HOW IN THE WORLD DOES YOUR OWIE AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO COUNT I'D LIKE TO KNOW!

Made me wonder if God ever thinks that about all the excuses I give Him. "I can't do that God, I'm not qualified, I haven't been here long enough, everyone will laugh at me, no one will listen to me, I'm not good enough.............................." Blah blah blah blah blah.

I think God would really appreciate it if we all opperated more like Nike shoes: JUST DO IT. simple slogan, hard to follow sometimes! Especially if it might upset the delicate balance of my comfort. But the Lord God Almighty who made the vast expanse of the universe, really isn't that concerned with my comfort. He's concerned with my Character. And sometimes building my character means I have to walk out into uncomfortable places when He holds out His hand to me and whispers "will you trust me?"

Well, it's not easy, it's not always fun, but I know how life turns out when I do things my way. I already messed up my life pretty bad once. I don't entend to go back there ever again. So help me Lord, to just do it...............without the excuses!