Zero Minus 1

Do you ever want to go back and help those people who you shrugged off? Or, make that decision that you knew, deep down somewhere, was the right decision and completely selfless, but would also be the hardest path to take? Maybe you get this feeling of selfishness when you pass a man by who needs a ride, or when you don't offer the cash in your pocket or coat off your back to the homeless man lying in the rain on the street. There are those times in your life when you wished you had just listened to that little voice that told you what to do. You may think it's your conscious, some cricket on your shoulder whispering sweet nothings in your ear, but that inner voice, that "feeling," is the Holy Spirit inside of you. God's way to communicate with us.

I am starting this blog to motivate me to make those decisions that God is telling me to make. Many of you Christians and non-Christians may relate to a feeling you get that you should pray for someone right there on the spot, but you don't. That little voice tells you to pick up that person in need on the side of the road, but you keep driving and excuse yourself because you've already driven past. Even though, many of us would ignore the man on the road but stop for the dog 50 yards away.

I have made a lot of changes in my life and those changes usually start with a 30 commitment to implement them. I've given up all dairy for 30 days, been a vegan for 30 days, trained hard for 30 days, saved money for 30 days, logged everything I've eaten for 30 days; the list goes on. I am a passionate nutritionist and athlete and as you can see the majority of my changes and 30 day commitments better my body, never my spirituality. That is what I am trying to accomplish.

For a minimum of 30 days I will listen to the Holy Spirit inside of me. I will have faith in Jesus and His plan for me and make the decision that He is telling me to make. I've joked with my wife that if I ever did everything that I thought God wanted me to do, that I would sell everything we own and move to another country to be a missionary, helping where we can and offering up God's word. We'll see if my prediction was true and what God has planned for me and my family.