Lazy, Sissy, Christian

Today is Thursday.

Cue the video:

       How does this make you feel? I've got to believe that this makes most people feel extremely inspired and hopeful. But then what? I've not been to too many places in this world so far in my life, but I've seen enough to come to a hypothesis that most us of are lazy sissies. I'm not exempt. It's so easy to read/see/hear something so inspiring that you willingly choose to think, or even say to yourself, "He/she/it/they ARE RIGHT! I am making a change today to..." whatever it may be that you've been inspired to do. But then what? 

       We see this time and time again with churches today. God provides this powerful, inspirational, beautiful, and (here's the kicker) challenging message via the Pastor/Priest/Reverend/whathaveyou; inside you're feeling the knot of, "Does he/she know what I'm going through?? How did he/she know to say that? That's exactly right! Wow! Thank you for the affirmation, God! I am going to make this change!"

Then, a month, two months, two years down the road... they're in the same, tired place, without momentum. 

Raise your hand if you're guilty of this. 

I am raising my hand. That's a lie, I'm raising both hands. 

        God wants me to live a better life than I am. I wake up at 4:00a, get to work at 6:00a, get home about 4:30p, dinner, hang/veg, bed. Throw in the occasional time with friends and band practice Thursday nights. Church on Sunday. All this time, trying to live intentionally and be present in the conversations I have with people, while honestly, I'm just so tired and burnt out.

        Here it is. God wants me to start a coffee shop in this community I live in (San Tan Valley). I am Jonah, the coffee shop is Nineveh, and I am on the run in the opposite direction. I've been telling God all my excuses as to why it won't work and that He's pretty much just crazy for wanting me to do it.

        When I wake up, while I'm at work, when I come home, when I'm going to bed, when I wake up again.. and when I watch that video above or hear an inspirational message to make a life change, I think of the coffee shop. I get inspired, then I go sit on the couch and turn on a movie. All the while trying to push my craving to pursue this dream to the back burner, and super-glue it there. I am a lazy sissy.

        What is the cure for this seemingly common behavior? Laziness in regards to the life changes and behavioral changes we crave so deeply to make? What is the cure?

Tomorrow is Friday.