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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTo listen to today’s reflection as a podcast,<\/em> click here<\/a> To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Here\u2019s a riddle: Fifteen turtles are sunning themselves on an old log. Six of them decide to jump into the water. So how many turtles are still sunning themselves on the log? That\u2019s easy. The correct answer is fifteen. Wait: Didn\u2019t we say that six of them decided to jump into the water? We did. But as leadership gurus Barry… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[93,626],"class_list":["post-3277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-commitment","tag-decisions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Here\u2019s a riddle:
Fifteen turtles are sunning themselves on an old log.
Six of them decide to jump into the water.
So how many turtles are still sunning themselves on the log?
That\u2019s easy.
The correct answer is fifteen.
Wait:<\/em> Didn\u2019t we say that six of them decided to jump into the water?
We did.
But as leadership gurus Barry Kouzes and Barry Posner point out, deciding and doing are not the same thing.
Maybe you\u2019ve decided that this is the year big things are going to happen.
You\u2019re going to go back to the gym and start losing weight.
You\u2019ve made up your mind to give church another try.
You\u2019re going to keep your emotions in check when you end up in that same old argument.
You\u2019re going to say no to temptation.
You\u2019re going to say yes to listening more carefully.
You\u2019re finally going to clean out your garage.
You\u2019re going to initiate that uncomfortable conversation about money you\u2019ve been putting off for months.
You\u2019ve resolved to swallow your pride and reach out to that person who hurt you.
You\u2019re going to begin each day by asking the Holy Spirit to fill your heart, and to supply you with the courage to live each moment for Jesus.
Those sound like great decisions.
But the odds are you have made those very same decisions before.
And little or nothing happened.
This year \u2013 with God\u2019s help and by God\u2019s grace \u2013 cross the line from deciding to doing.
\u201cAs God\u2019s co-workers we urge you not to receive God\u2019s grace in vain. For he says, \u2018In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.\u2019 I tell you, now is the time of God\u2019s favor, now is the day of salvation\u201d (2 Corinthians 6:1-2).
Take the plunge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"