Loving When You Don't Feel Like It

A Vacation Best-Of Series

Hi Friends! I’m away from my desk during July, and I want to stay in touch with you. So for the next few Fridays you’ll be getting some essays that I posted previously at another site. I’ve also included an audio version if you prefer to listen. Happy Summer to you all, and I’ll see you in August with new posts.

Loving When You Don’t Feel Like It

One simple phrase explains why we don’t eat a healthier diet, we skip the gym, we refuse to forgive, we resist apologizing, we avoid admitting when we’re wrong, and we don’t ask for directions when we’re lost.

“I don’t feel like it.”

We know better. Studies have shown, experts have agreed, the Bible teaches, and common sense tells us what would make for a fit body, a tranquil mind, and harmonious relationships. And yet, to paraphrase Paul, we don’t do the very thing we keep telling ourselves we want to do. Or, at least, the thing we ought to do.

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The reverse is true, too. I do in fact eat the fourth giant cookie, bl…