Good Intentions

I was going to do this new blog post early Saturday morning but we had no electricity. Widespread power outages were reported in our area. So, I wrote it out on paper to be (as you see now) transferred when the power came back. The power came back on at 10:30 am but by then I was behind and (as you see now) I didn't get it done until today, Monday morning.

What's my excuse? Did the dog eat my homework? Did the schedule get in the way of what was scheduled?

I had good intentions to eat well this week yet there are still chocolate-covered ice cream bars in the freezer. My sister and I were going to run in a race on November 14th but we both decided to wait.

The first must become last and the last first. Good intentions must be translated into intentional good.

If you have a habit of good intentions remaining idle ideas instead of definited deeds, turn everything on its head. Don't make a list of things to do. Do things and then list what you have accomplished. Do as our guest speaker, Scott Briggs, Harvest of Hope Director for the Society of Saint Andrew, said: "Do not be as concerned about getting the next thing you do perfectly right. Instead just do the next right thing." As Mike Litman has said many times, "You don't have to get things perfect. You just have to get things going."

Grace and power in all the intentional good you do today!