buckle-down

Have you ever put something off for so long that you've forgotten about it entirely or just simply failed to see it through to completion?

I'm ashamed to admit I have. Want proof? Look at my previous blog post dated 6/9 where I talked about how I was going stay consistent with my blog posts because I was "mature".

Ouch.

Or how about the pile of papers I have stashed in my closet from freshman year that I swear I'll sort through some day...

Or here is a better one: how about all of the times I've started a diet and exercise program only to quit a week later...

Whether its been about dieting, cleaning up my room, reading my Bible or quitting a certain sin I just can't seem to "buckle-down" and get the job done. I can't count the number of times I've said "that can wait until tomorrow".

But how much of "today's" unfinished work actually gets resolved "tomorrow"?

And because of that how many New Years Resolutions go unresolved? How many sins go unrepented? How much time gets wasted?

I was reading a quote by Elton Trueblood today which said "Without the discipline of time, we spoil the next day the night before, and without the discipline of prayer, we are likely to end by having practically no experience of the divine human encounter...Discipline is the price of freedom."

God is calling us to an incredible life of love and freedom, but its gonna take something. It took the death of God's Son on a cross some 2,000 years ago, so this gift of life was costly. Grace is free and cannot be earned, but it's best experienced by a life lived the way it's Creator intended for His creation.

It is pretty safe to say that I will not lose weight if I don't eat right and exercise. It takes work and if I'm going to do it right I have to be disciplined to see the progress.

Maybe we fail to see God's work in our lives because we fail to do the things He has called us to?

I bet we would see some victory if we'd actually fight a bit...

Lets stop saving today's work for tomorrow.

"Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run wither perseverance the race marked out for us." -Hebrews 12:1

here goes nothing...

I've tried my hand at blogging many times and failed miserably. I normally get stopped at the title of the blog itself and quit before I even begin. I am feeling pretty good about this latest attempt for a number of reasons:
1. I'd like to think I'm growing in maturity and can stay at least semi-consistent with my posts.
2. I have a lot of free time and boredom
3. God has seen it fit to teach me a lot, and I need to record it so I don't forget and have to re-learn previous lessons.
4. My boss is making me do this (not really....but kind of)

So here I am busting out on to the World Wide Web!
I'm calling this "thoughts from the inner room" which is inspired by Luke 12:2-3 when Jesus is talking about things that are said in secret(the inner room) will one day be proclaimed from the rooftops (world wide web).
Too many times I keep things locked up or unsaid and either forget them or hide them. This is my attempt at bringing to light both the things I am going through and learning in hopes that by cataloging my experiences I (and anyone else who happens to stumble upon this site) may learn from the things God is showing me.
My desire is for this to be a very real and honest look into a life of a guy who is trying live the life he's been called to.
Feel free to comment when you feel like it.
Until next time...