Motivation ...

What keeps us going day after day? In a world/society that day after day is full of stress, negativity, anger and sadness, how do we wake up each morning and start again? What keeps us plugging through?

Is it our jobs? Family? Our future? Our past? What is it that motivates us to keep moving forward day after day after day? Our never ending bills?

Is it the hope of 'today' that someone special will call? Or the prayer that the person causing you the most pain will finally go away? Maybe you're hoping the job opportunity you prayed about would come through?

Is it the excitement of an upcoming event or culmination of another, perhaps? A holiday? Birthday? Wedding? Maybe knowing that someone, or something, is relying on you?

There can be a million reasons why we get up & go each day. There can also be a million reasons to feel like you can't continue for even another step .

At times, I don't know what motivates me.
I just continue going like the energizer bunny until I can't continue any longer. Although, supposedly he never runs out of energy...

I love my family, my job & my friends. In reality, God has been very good to me, and I'm undeserving of it all ... How do I keep going when at times it feels as though the world is ending because of my daily stresses? But, 'therefore by the grace of God go I'... God keeps me going, day in & day out. He strengthens me. Through the happiest of times and the most stressful of times, God is there ... He's never left me, nor forsaken me. I know I don't deserve such love, such guidance, but He's chosen me. Therefore, through it all, I give Him thanks for each situation presented to me - difficult and easy.

There are moments when I don't know what my purpose or plan is here in this life ... And I wonder if God hears my prayers ... It's then that I am reminded that He has a plan and a purpose for my life. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give me a future and a hope. In those days, when I pray, He will listen. If I look for Him wholeheartedly, I will find Him.' Jeremiah 29:11-13.

If I needed any more motivation to 'keep it moving' every day, knowing that God has a plan for my life is more than enough. Sometimes I do wonder what my purpose is, then I am reminded that God's plan will be made clear ... In His time. In the meantime, I have a lot to focus on, motivate me & be thankful for ... The good, bad & the in between.