Tomorrow....

Here we are a year past Joseph's birth and I STILL haven't gotten my act together on eating correctly and having a date with my High School track. I have nothing to blame but my lack of motivation. Another story, another day. Yesterday while I was at work, normal day. My head started to throb. Front to back, side to side, repeat. I left early and came home. On the drive home I felt like I really had to focus on driving and I was 'out of body.' After sleeping from 2-5 (roughly) I woke up with a minor headache that was fixed with some good ol' ibuprofen. 

After talking with Justin, we came to the conclusion that I had experienced my blood pressure spiking to high. Only because I've had problems with my blood pressure before throughout my pregnancy. With the added stress of everything we are dealing with in life, and church planting, Joseph's first birthday. It would be enough to throw anyone into a tailspin of yuck. However, I have been procrastinating getting back on the wagon because..... I have no good reason.

I was listening to a wonderful message brought by Christine Cain. She is a phenomenal woman who started an organization called A21. This organization exists to abolish injustice in the 21st century. (Taken from a21.org) Her heart is to educate people about human trafficking and modern day slavery and rescue those in captivity. She spoke at Code Orange Revival in Charlotte NC at Elevation Church. She brought up a VERY valid point that has stuck with me for days following the revival. 

If we look in Exodus 8, there is a very interesting thing about 'tomorrow.' Background. Let my people go. It's the classic story of Moses asking Pharaoh to let his people go and him refusing. Thus bringing plague after plague after plague among their houses. (Shakespeare side note there) This one being the little froggies. Imagine sitting in your living room and going to look outside because you hear a noise. When you open the door in floods frogs, by the hundreds into your house. Your bathroom, your kitchen, your bed. Everywhere. You step on them. You eat with them. They are everywhere. If this was the case wouldn't you want them gone as soon as possible? I WOULD! 

Look at the conversation that happens between Moses and Pharaoh. 

9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”

10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.

WHAT!?!? Are you kidding me? Tomorrow?!?! 

Pharaoh gives us an amazing example of what NOT to do. God is willing, and was willing, to get rid of the frogs that instant. He was able to. Moses gave Pharaoh the option of when. And he was like, you know I'm good with waiting until tomorrow. Let us live in misery today and tonight but in the morning, it will be good. How insane! 

We're the same way. We put off and put off and put off until we initially forget or just don't do it. I, myself, do the same thing all the time. I'm trying to work on it. But back to what I started with. My health. I've put it off and put it off and put it off until here I am a year after giving birth and just hanging around 300. Which is only 10 lbs under what I weighed when I went into the hospital to get the baby out. Am I ashamed of my Pharaoh like procrastination? Yes. 

So, I challenge you today. What have you been putting off for tomorrow that you can do RIGHT NOW? Stop being a Pharaoh and do right now what you promised you would do today. Stop procrastinating and JUST DO IT!