Good Intentions

How many of us have heard the saying “the road paved with good intentions.” Yeah I have to admit that I have a ton of good intentions that I want to do, but for some reason they just don’t get done. Can someone please tell me why this is? While you are at it can you please tell me why we have so many good excuses when it is us that don’t get our good intentions done, but how quick we are to judge and get upset with others who do not get their good intentions done?

Like I have said that I have a problem with this. For me it is that I just have to many good ideas and then the time just ends up flying by. How is it that time moves in our perception slowly or quickly  at different times? Should it not be moving and feel like it is moving the same no matter what the situations are in our lives? That is beside the point but I do wonder why it does happen.

I have found for myself if I make a list it helps. Yes I am a list person and yes I am very much a type A person. So anyway if I make a list of everything that needs to be done and even those things I would really like to get done, then I can see it on the sheet of paper and I can prioritize it. It has helped me to get my expectations of what I can and cannot get done in one day. Those things that don’t get done then go onto the next day’s list to hopefully be done by the end of the week. Yes there are a lot of projects that don’t get done for a long time, but to be honest a lot of those projects are not that important.

I do believe that sometimes okay a lot of times things don’t get done because I end up getting lazy as the day goes on or if I did not sleep well the night before. I have been feeling God wanting to deal with me on this and saying to me “Malinda you know that I will not be pleased with you if you only have the intention to do (whatever it is at the time) and don’t do it.” To me that hit me hard and keeps me moving when I do feel lazy and there is something I know God is telling me to do. All I know is that I don’t want to come to judgement with God and hear Him say to me Malinda you had a ton of great intentions it’s just too bad that You did not do them. I want to stand before God and hear Him say to me “Well done my good and faithful servant.”