It’s funny how sometimes we have tons of motivation and feel so inspired to do what we love and then the next day that feeling just disappears, or that seems to be the case for me anyway.
Just the a couple of weeks ago I remembering being so inspired to write something; however, it was in the middle of the night while I was breastfeeding, so I told myself I would do it in the morning. Unfortunately, procrastination set in and that drive was gone. I only vaguely remember what it even was I wanted to write now.
I believe I did the right thing by not doing it in the middle of the night because rest is important, and I know without the rest I would be on the struggle bus the next day. However, the problem is when the procrastination set in and then with that time I allowed my thoughts to get off track. By allowing my thoughts think things like “I’m not that creative. I don’t feel inspired. I’ll get to it eventually. I’m not that good of a writer. This isn’t going to benefit anyone. It’s not really God telling me to write this, I only want to do it for my own selfish needs. There is to many things that need to be done to spend anytime doing hobbies. This is pointless., etc.” I’m allowing thoughts that are NOT of God, but instead whispers from the enemy that creep in and grab ahold of my joy.
“The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).”
John 10:10 AMPC
Right there! It clearly says that Jesus came so that we may have and ENJOY life, AND have it in ABUNDANCE. It is so important to renew our minds and remember who we are, children of God!
My mother recently showed Terri Savelle Foy’s YouTube videos, and I’ve been watching those along with listening to her podcasts. She made an excellent point when she said something like, “The devil doesn’t mind if we make plans for good, but he does mind if we take action to follow through with those plans.”
God created me and knew me even before I was born. He is the one who gave me the passion for writing, photography, and videography/cinematography. Therefore, I know there is a reason and he wants to use those tools for the better of HIS kingdom. I’m pretty sure I heard at church (maybe by Jake?) that we are created in His image. He is the creator of the universe, and so it’s only natural that we enjoy creating also, even though that looks different for everyone. For example, I’m not an “artist” in a since that I am not a master drawer or painter. He also created you in his image, and knew you even before you were born.
Procrastination is a gateway drug in the fact that it’s a tool the enemy uses to begin pulling us away from what we were created to do.
Starting is the hardest part sometimes because we may not “feel” like doing something, but when we get going, the passion just ignites with a spark and it’s back and even better because God had a plan that we couldn’t even see yet! Sometimes we have to do before we feel, and it really all starts in our minds. We have to make up our minds to do the thing even if we don’t have it all figured out.
Where the mind goes, the man follows. -Joyce Meyer
You know what’s hysterical, yet proves the entire point of this post? Just before I began writing this, I was on Instagram and I saw a picture I liked in my suggestions. I selected it, liked it and pressed back. At the very last second I realized Haley Morgan had liked it, which made me curious as to who this person was and if she was a faith based writer as well. So I went back to the girls picture to go to her profile and I saw that Haley also follows her and didn’t just like the photo like I did. I then started looking at her feed, and then watched some of her story highlights. I found out that there was something about this woman that I really liked. It wasn’t the fashion or makeup because I love clothes and makeup, but it’s not “my” thing that I spend a lot of my time on and I defiantly don’t spend much time researching those things, unless there is something specific I’m in search of. It was something about her personality and the fact that she seemed to not care about showing her quirks and uniqueness. Just being herself with wild abandon, and something about that was just so beautiful. Honestly, I can’t tell you how I came to that conclusion except for it had to have been from God. Then I decided to check out her blog even though I’m not a fashion person as I stated before, and I saw she also writes on faith also. It was then that I saw her post on the “Do Something” principal from a book she read. (Her name is Brighton and her Instagram is @brightonkeller if you’re wondering or are interested.)
After watching her stories and reading that post, I suddenly had the strong urge to write again, but I almost told myself to do it in a little while because I’m on my phone holding my sweet baby while he naps. Plus he might wake up in the middle of my writing, and it would just be much easier on the computer when Nick is home to watch him so I can focus. Instead I told myself “No, I just read how important it is just to start, and that alone is success,” like she has written.
I had no idea what I was going to write. I just knew it was something about finding that spark, but when I simply began, the words just flooded out.
The other day Nick and I were talking about the butterfly affect, and that’s basically what happened here. Because a photo ended up in my suggestions and someone was obedient to God to follow their calling, and then inspired me to stop procrastinating which resulted in this. Maybe it even keeps going. 😊
What have you been procrastinating on?
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