MOTIVATION FOR THE WEEK!!!

MOTIVATION FOR THE WEEK!!! Former president Ronald Reagan once had an aunt who took him to a cobbler for a pair of new shoes. The cobbler asked young Reagan, "Do you want square toes or round toes?" Unable to decide, Reagan didn't answer, so the cobbler gave him a few days. Several days later the cobbler saw Reagan on the street and asked him again what kind of toes he wanted on his shoes. Reagan still couldn't decide, so the shoemaker replied, "Well, come by in a couple of days and your shoes will be ready." When the future president did so, he found one square-toed and one round-toed shoe! "This will teach you to never let people make decisions for you," the cobbler said to his indecisive customer. "I learned right then and there," Reagan said later, "if you don't make your own decisions, someone else will." Have you heard about the Wolf's Law? It says, “Those who don't study the past will repeat its errors. Those who do study it will find other ways to err” because indecision breeds indecision. Do you often make a decision and then second-guess it immediately? And say, oh, did I do the right thing; maybe I should have done this instead of this. Maybe I should not have made that commitment. And you begin to doubt. James said you are like a ship tossed by the waves or you are like a reed blown by the wind. Never change so easily a commitment that you have made. One of the greatest sources of stress to us is the stress of indecision, not being able to make a firm decision, a firm commitment, have a firm direction and stay with it. And part of becoming a mature Christian, is to understand the importance of making a decision and staying with it. This is your assignment! May your Week not be Weak but with Him! I send you my prayerful wishes for the week.