At a busy intersection in a small city north of us is a billboard that reads, “Are you losing your home? Nothing is worse than doing nothing.” There is also a phone number for people to call. It is a stark reminder of the hard times so many are experiencing.
As I drove away I kept thinking about the message, “Nothing is worse than doing nothing.” Nothing could be more true about almost everything. If you have a job you don’t like, do something about it. If your marriage is not happy, do something about it. If your children aren’t talking to you, do something about it. If you feel undereducated, do something about it. If you are overweight and feeling unattractive, do something about it. So often we are paralyzed by negative forces and each day that we do nothing we let them win. We let them eat up our lives.
The same is true spiritually. If you feel like God is a long way off or that He only talks to other people, do something about. Start talking to Him. I promise you He will not snub you. It might take you a while to recognize His voice but I promise you it will be there. Start a dialogue with Him. Take His Word along with one of those nothing books with all the blank pages and first read and then respond. Fill those pages with your reactions to John or Matthew. If you feel like you want an intellectual challenge read Hebrews. One thing that always happens when we write is we surprise ourselves with what we know. Often when I am finished writing I say, “I didn’t know I knew that!”
The issue is this, “Nothing is worse than doing nothing.”
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 25, 2009
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