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By: Confidence ‹ Story of Yellow

Confidence ‹ Story of Yellow — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:54:19 +0000

[...] I have been in a season of study of my past failures and false starts. And what I discovered was that I had, what Mike poetically called, the tendency to “set up shop in the rubble of [my] life.” I seem to have loved using the rubble from my past failures to sabotage the possibilities of my future. I was great at playing the “Someday” card. [Another recent entry from Jud Wilhite] [...]

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By: @jim_gray

@jim_gray — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:50:29 +0000

it’s easier to put things off than to face the music and do it…and what ends up happening is that the other party misses out…we even say “someday” in our faith,right? God gives us an idea and we choose to put it off because of fear of rejection,etc.

By: Sam Song

Sam Song — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:01:09 +0000

This is great. “Someday” can be an excuse.

What I’ve also been discovering lately is that “daydreaming of the future” has also hindered my presence in the NOW.

I have caught myself thinking of loft goals, writing business plans, working out the strategic plan for my work and my life, that I missed the precious moments of the Day (time with my daughter) and the beauty that the present brings.

My recently started a project called “Story of Yellow” where I have made color yellow my discipline to slow down and pay attention to the now.

http://sam.storyofyellow.com/?p=3

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:44:24 +0000

Jason, I understand that struggle. But, if you are continuously seeking God about “His will” there is a good chance he isn’t going to let you go astray. Sometimes I think that holds christians back from actually doing SOMETHING. We wait, and wait some more, and then wait a little longer. Trust that God is good and will honor your faith and your moving toward something.

I honestly think it was what was holding me back. I was waiting for some big sign. Anyway, be encouraged and go live.

By: Mike Foster

Mike Foster — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:03:32 +0000

@jim love that quote!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:39:47 +0000

“Light tomorrow with today!” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

We could change that to be Light someday with today. Today is the day the Lord has made – not someday.

Good thoughts! Thanks for sharing.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:24:39 +0000

“Someday” I will take this advice.

Kidding.

Seriously. Thanks for this. I know I am guilty of this on a daily basis.

So maybe I wasn’t kidding.

Hmm.

By: emma

emma — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:56:05 +0000

“Someday” is a trap I too often fall into too. But lately I’m making a really concerted effort to break out of that, for several reasons…

Partly it’s because I recently read and was re-inspired by Don Millers book A Million Miles In A Thousand Years. I want to live a better story, rather than watching everyone else around me live there’s because they didn’t wait for ‘someday’.

But mostly, it’s because I’ve lost a number of friends to suicide and tragically young deaths over the past few years (and I’m only 22). They taught me that there is no guarantee there will be a “someday”. I’m doing it in their honour.