EXCELLENCE, NOT EXCUSES And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then well be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives. - 1 John 2:28-29 MSG We live in a world where excuses are everywhere. And its precisely because excuses are so numerous that they are also so ineffective. When we hear the words, Im sorry but..., most of us know exactly what is to follow: the excuse. The dog ate the homework. Traffic was terrible. Its the companys fault. The boss is to blame. The equipment is broken. Were out of that. And so forth, and so on. Because we humans are such creative excuse-makers, all of the really good excuses have already been taken. In fact, the high-quality excuses have been used, re-used, over-used, and ab-used. Thats why excuses dont work—weve heard them all before. So, if youre wasting your time trying to concoct a new and improved excuse, dont bother. Its impossible. A far better strategy is this: do the work. Now. And let your excellent work speak loudly and convincingly for itself. Making up a string of excuses is usually harder than doing the work. Marie T. Freeman An excuse is only the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie. Vance Havner A TIMELY TIP If youve acquired the unfortunate habit of making excuses . . . youd better break that habit before that habit breaks you!
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:07:21 +0000
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