Counting To 3

Good morning everyone, Sorry no blog yesterday, but I had to take my mom for surgery on her eye. Praise God she is doing well, but these past couple of months have really been tough on her. Hopefully, following yesterday's surgery, we are on the mend. YEA! Let's talk about a situation we have all encountered and perhaps participated in......counting to 3. While out late Monday, I encountered two women with their children. The first woman was being "tortured" by her baby daughter who was probably 18 months old. Every time she wanted something, screaming and grabbing proceeded. I immediately thought about how my flesh wants it's way but hopefully I never manifest in that manner. (remember one of last week's blogs?) But what the Lord pointed out to me followed this display. The second woman had 2 children, one of which was a boy about 7. It seemed that everything she told him not to do, became his mission TO DO. (I am a stickler for good behavior - so this really caught my attention.) The mother reprimanded the young boy every time he disobeyed and then he proceeded to repeat the infraction. I just stood for a few moments and watched. Then the lesson started - the mom began to count. At the end of 3, the child responded for almost 5 minutes. Then, he hit the repeat button and the counting to 3 started over. As I watched this, I began to gather some reflections. Maybe you'll see what I see here. How often do we decide to be healthy, stray from the correct path, someone "points out the correction" and the counting begins allowing us tomorrow, next week or following the next holiday before we comply? I watched this transaction Monday evening and wondered, "Is counting allowing disobedience?" Of course I started immediately going to my own life. How many times do I count as a means delaying obedience. Now while this may not so critical in some areas, I find it essential to answer this as it relates to our health. How many times can we count and delay following a huge weight gain - a bad blood report - a major illness. I have delayed being healthy more times than I care to report, but eventually the delay waits no longer - the counting no longer works and I suffered the consequence. I would have been better off to comply at an early age. See the correlation? If not, count today's blog as too much coffee. LOL Choose health and eat to live - and comply with no counting. PK