Getting up for it

Getting up in the morning is sometimes a pretty difficult thing isn't it?  We're laying in a bed that seems really warm and cozy to us, our bodies and minds are really relaxed at that moment...we are waaaaaaaay in our comfort zone.  But, the work day looms.  Yuck !  There really is no getting up for getting up in the morning...you just have to do it, right?

There are many other times in our daily lives when we have some "getting up for it" to be done in situations we see that are present in the here and now, and have to be dealt with now.  It may be situations we really don't want to face,  like:

• knowing you are going to have a confrontation with the wife who is quite angry over some bonehead move you may have made...one that had, perhaps, unintended results that were less than stellar.
• having to have "that conversation" with your son whom you have just recently noticed is starting to have that affliction which affects all sons eventually....raging hormones.
• meeting with the boss on review day when you know deep inside that you really given it your "all" at work over the past few months and you have a suspicion he is well aware of it.

Do you really have a choice in whether or not you meet head-on with those situations?  No really.  So the "getting up" for it really comes down to your sucking it up and saying to yourself "let's go do this and get it over with" isn't it?

What about those situations that are more voluntary on your part...situations where you can safely choose to be involved in or not.....like going to church, participating actively in a men's group, being the spiritual leader of your family, praying with your family, taking the time to help the less fortunate, and more?

How do you "get up" and stay up for that?  You see, there's a difference between those things you know you have to face and those things you choose to face.  In the examples like having "that talk" with your kid, it's stuff that has to be faced, has to be done, and yes...sometimes you have to "get up" for it in your head...but you have to do it and you do it.  In the voluntary actions, it's easy to get lazy and lackadaisical about it and let things slide isn't it? 

If we view all aspects of our spiritual lives as a commitment, and make that commitment, and make every effort to honor that commitment, then the necessity to "get up" for it diminishes and soon it just becomes a way of life....and everyone around us benefits from it.  And if we have done that, we will know what is in our living life's tool bag, and "getting up" for any situation that comes our way will be just like getting up in the morning....we just do it because we know we have to do it, and we know that God will be with us every single step of the way and we will trust Him to be our guide.