Anybody else out there a great starter, who begins with enthusiasm and vigor, but fizzles to lethargy and a pile of the half-done and unfinished???? Just checking :) I hate to feel alone. I am back reading in Haggai, and again reminded to do what God has given YOU to do as first priority, and not to quit until it's finished. Apparently in my life the lesson bears repeating.
I have been homeschooling for about 27 years, and 6 of our 7 children have graduated. You guessed. There's one left. :) A wonderful 15 year old young man who deserves all of the enthusiasm and dedication that was much easier to muster when the school and the household were fuller. I imagine in Haggai's time the Israelites felt much the same way. The new temple was smaller, seemingly less significant. It was started, but there were so many other tasks that took their time, attention, and energy. I have no trouble imagining the excuses for their failure to focus, and thereby failure to finish. I hear them in my own heart day after day, as I fight to follow through and finish with enthusiasm this one as well as the many other tasks, and priorities God has put in my life.
Today, I'm remembering again, it's not enough to start. You have to push through and finish.
1 comment:
This is my life struggle. I always have a mountain of almost finished things. I start organizing something and never quite finish. I won't even start talking about the sewing pile. I need to make it my goal to finish well and be less easy to distract. Great Post.
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