I want to be....

.......excellent, but I'm not. That's a boogaboo word for me. It holds such power doesn't it? Power in a good way, not a bad way.

Excellence also means superior. Now, that really has some power.

However, this ole word has been stewing and brewing in my brain for a couple of weeks. And, I must spit it out. And I mean spit it out to encourage you and me.

Let me make a confession or three if I can real quick:

1. I am a HUGE procrastinator
2. I have at least 4 things I've been meaning to do here at home since January. Not done.
3. I am a HUGE procrastinator
4. I'll start something and drag it out for weeks. Something short that doesn't take weeks.

Sound familiar to anyone?? I think a lot of us can fall into this ever so sweet, not too harmless pit and yet it can be really dangerous in terms of excellence. Maybe because we are too busy or our priorities are out of whack that we aren't pursuing excellence.

Here is my list of a typical day and I bet you can all relate to most of it or at least parts of it:

1. Up
2. dogs out
3. coffee/prayers/Bible
4. kids up
5. kids out for school
6. exercise
7. clean up house
8. clean up self
9. head to work
10. work
11. pick up kids
12. 2nd shift begins with family
13. homework
14. extra curricular
15. errands
16. dinner (hate this one)
17. kids cleaned up
18. bed

Another confession.....

I don't do any of these things with excellence. NOT ONE. And, I'm not beating myself up over it either. Its just that I'm a procrastinator and that gets in the way. Every now and then I just get my eyes opened to the reality of how I am living my daily life.

I will begin to do better. Starting today. Farewell procrastination. I can't be excellent with you leading the way. The two of us will no longer tango together. You are getting on my nerves.

I want you to think about yourself and your family. Think about all that you do and have going on and the relationships in your life.

Are you excellent or superior?? Or are you just humdrumming along with a very average "go at it?"

Colossians 3:23 tells us "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."

Conviction welcome aboard. You have taken the place of procrastination. The good thing is that I love me a good ole conviction. It's revealing and has much to say over me and what I'm doing.

So...my encouragement for you this day is to go out there and work with excellence. Because aren't we serving Him anyway? Isn't He our goal?

Be excellent at friendships, your job, conversations, errands, your time, your meetings, your whatever. Wherever God has you today be excellent.

Be excellent friends!!!! It's not that hard is it?! :)

Hugs and blessings~