Do It For Love

 *Disclaimer: This is true for me. It may not be for you.

Whenever I make up a "fitness plan", I fail miserably. For example:

Mon: long run. Tuesday: Walk & HIIT, Wednesday: Short run & walk Thursday: Long Hike, Friday: HIIT & walk. Saturday: Rest. Sunday: Long Hike.

When I try to keep it, I fail miserably. Every time I fail, I disappoint myself, thinking "This is to make me healthier, and I cant even do that!"

But, when I have no plan, and I just go, because I love it.... then it works!

As I was running this morning, I thought, I must make a fitness plan, and I heard that familiar voice saying "Don't! Just do it!" (It wasn't Nike ) I began to think that there is a real spiritual parallel. To be fit, I thought I needed rules to "be the best I could be." But actually those rules just brought out the "why should I?" in me.

Spiritually, the "you should, you must and you ought to ..... to be a good Christian", brought out a similar feeling in me. So, I questioned.

I have found God in the most unexpected places, in the most unexpected people and most unexpected situations because I dared to go off-script. I have been called rebellious more times in my life than I care to remember but it gives me a bit of joy actually. Jesus was not a conventional man, he swam upstream and asked probing questions. Questions are good.

In short, I have found that for me, I do my best when I pursue something (or Someone) out of love, rather than out of a sense of required duty. #Grace #Love #Mercy