Thursday, February 2, 2012

Happy Ground Hog Day!

Today is the one day a year that a ground hog named Phil becomes a star.  In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvannia he will take a peek outside of his hole and let us know whether spring is around the corner.  My friend Randy Gravitt, whose blog I follow, has written a nice piece about this (it is linked to my blog).

I wanted to bond with good ole Phil and get an idea of what he was experiencing, so I walked out on my porch this morning and looked around.  No shadow.  No news media.  No crowd.  No movie made about my experience.  No big deal.  I let out a sigh, turned around and headed back into the house. 

Today was a day like so many others in my life and yours.  A day of routine, getting stuff done around the house, going to work, seeing friends, running errands, working out, paying bills, and countless other tasks.  It wasn’t a holiday …. not even a mid-level one.  Just another regular day. 

But I made a decision to make the day a holiday anyway.  I’m calling it “Get It Done Day” (Larry the Cable Guy might smile at that).  I want to get my “stuff done” but I also want to start making progress on the goals that I’ve set for myself --- goals to accomplish something significant for God before the New Year comes to an end; evaporating like the smoke from a candle.    

What do you want to get done for God this year?  Anything that you’ve been thinking about?  Putting off?  Wanting to do but just didn’t have the time, energy, or resources in 2011?  I’d love to know so that I can pray for you and have my heart encouraged by your dreams. 

I figure that if Phil can make the effort to poke his head outside of the door of his den, then I --- and you can start making some strides in accomplishing goals that will bring glory to God and benefit humanity.  It’s time we started to GROW & GO in 2012. 
  • The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, whistle-pig, or in some areas as a land-beaver, is a rodent of the Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.  And please remember that Phil is just a ground hog ... nothing more!

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