Inquisitive Daffodils

Howdy guys! It's FRIDAY! Woop woop! I hope it's been an excellent week, and yep, now it's time to relax! Or you know, catch up on a ten-page paper. Same thing, right?

So, I usually don't read over my posts before I publish them. I try to focus only on getting everything I could possibly want to say onto the screen, and then clicking the little orange 'Publish' button before I have time to regret any of the words. And really, I don't go back and read them once they are posted. And I pretend not to think about the other people who actually do go read them, because that can be a little terrifying sometimes.

Now you may say, au contraire! blogger, How do you not encounter grammar mistakes if you don't spell check and proofread? But honestly, there's this wonderful friend of mine who usually reads the posts as soon as they go up (although I have no idea how she knows when they do go up...unless she is continually refreshing this page...hmmm...) and somehow manages to catch my mistakes and send them to me at an early hour. Which is fantastic, if you ask me. It's like my own personal editor.

But that's not just how I write these posts anymore...it's really what I've been focusing on in my life. I do not want to be looking back. It's almost like yesterday, when I talked about getting caught up in what needs to be done and what I messed up on...worrying about it isn't going to fix the problem.

Yes, it's okay to think about things...to actually focus on doing things. But focusing on the thing, and focusing on doing the thing are two totally different things. But you only changed one word! you shout, as I, the writer, put words in your mouth for the second time today. However, as you know from plenty of school teachers, preachers, and people much wiser than I, that one word in analogies like this make a huge difference.

Focusing on the thing gets me nowhere. I think about it to death, knowing I need to start it, do it, finish it...but that doesn't get it done. And then I'm left still thinking about having to get it done. But when I keep running forward, with the intention of finishing the race, things. get. done.

Paul talked a lot about running with the intention of finishing and about the good race. In 1 Corinthians 9:26, he specifically says he doesn't run "aimlessly". There is a purpose in his run, and so there should be a purpose in our lives.

But he isn't talking about running with intention to the end of finishing a paper...which is also a valid, successful way to get papers done-and other things-...but rather, he's talking about winning a crown that will last forever. And his race, that he talks about? It's the race running to be obedient, and to spread God's glory. The good race, the best race. The race to be run with that most important end goal in sight.

So, my goal, for myself, is to work with intention, and to run with purpose. And I hope today is a FANTASTIC Friday, for you too, you little inquisitive daffodils.