If you're reading this post then I know 2 things...
A. you have a computer
B. at some point you've had to reboot that joker
Well my lovely sistahs, i'm here to declare July 24th as my day to reboot, restart my machine and reintroduce myself to focus, commitment and discipline. Somewhere somehow, one day at a time, I've managed to allow laziness to invade my space. Not only did laziness take up residence, he brought along tiredness and excuses (notice the usage of masculine pronoun here...i'll save feminine pronouns for things like wisdom and knowledge. lol). Now yall know that I do not have a problem conducting a little self evaluation and being "real" with myself. Once I realized that my operating system was moving slower than normal and it was taking longer than usual to logon, I started doing a little trouble shooting to see if I could find the problem. I tried to debug the system by looking for the usual suspect - the devil (hmp...we give him too much credit!); I then tried to compress some files by "taking some things off of my plate." Well, when it was all said and done and I tried everything I knew to do, I realized it was time to reboot because girlfriend had just gotten plum lazy. Yep, I was the enemy in-a-me (get it, I was my own enemy).
Here are a few things that I'm going to recommit to doing now that I'm properly diagnosed:
1. I'm going to recommit to learning the memory scriptures. We've had 19 memory scripture posts and I may have memorized 10 of them. So....with that said, there will not be any new memory scriptures, we will rework the 19 posts that we already have. Beginning August 1, you will see Joshua 1:8 and John 1:1, our very first scriptures.
2. I'm going to recommit to a daily confession. Here's one that I put together and plan on speaking every morning. Feel free to speak along with me...
I am a magnet that attracts great things. My God will not withhold any good thing from me because He desires that I prosper and be in good health, even as my soul prospers. On this day I rejoice because I have the mind and wisdom of God and His spirit continually leads me into all truth.
Do you need to reboot? You may have a completely different diagnoses but I challenge you to look within and dare to reboot. I also challenge you to do something for 30 days straight, something you haven't done, and report the results. I cannot wait to blog about my experiences after I've spoken my daily confession for 30 days. Watch how it's about to be on and poppin up in here!
love ya!
~bdr
4 comments:
Well, one thing that I have learned about "rebooting" is that it is a process. In other words, there is waiting involved. There is an element of time to go from where I currently am to where I want to be (computer stuff AND life). Now, do I need to reboot? Of course! It's too easy to get trapped into life's happenings...especially when it's almost acceptable to focus on life's happenings. I won't describe myself as lazy prior to this "reboot," but I can say that in one area of my life, I was busy doing a lot of nothing. Kinda like that time when I got sooo frustrated with my computer b/c it locked up on me...the mouse was moving (busy) but the page was stuck on the screen (doing a whole lot of nothing). "Reboot," that's what was needed...and I waited (process). Well, here we go again....Note to self --Rebooting a computer is faster:)
tamara you are definitely correct. i was very "busy" as well, which is why it was a little difficult to diagnose the laziness. I was "busy" doing a whole lot of nothing and "lazy" on the things that I was supposed to be doing. yep, that's where excuses showed its presence. i'm so glad we get a new batch of grace each day;-).
~bdr
This morning I was meditating in the Joyce Meyer's amplified Bible. These were the words she wrote:
"God is a God of restoration (see Joel 2:25,26). He makes worn-out and destroyed things brand new. In fact, many words that begin with "re" describe the actions of God: He re-news, re-wards, re-deems, re-fines, brings re-compense, re-surrects, re-stores, re-leases, and he teaches us to re-pent." (and in the words of Barbara Dionne....I would like to add REBOOT to this list!) As God and I went deeper into the word I found myself just yearning for more.....then I checked my e-mail and had a note to check the blog and there was my final thought for the day! God is sooooo awesome!
Well, the light bulb has come on! I too need to "reboot". My dearest daughter has told me that I need discipline with my time :)And, needless to say, after reading "Reboot" and the comments to it, I have come to full realization that I am in need of a MAJOR "REBOOT". I agree that it will take time and rebooting a computer will be easier, but pray for me as I begin my rebooting today. I am encouraged by your words.
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