Making Good Decisions while Battling Jet Lag!

Getting up at 4 a.m. two days ago to get my flight from Singapore to Japan and on to the States set the stage for jet-lag.  If you've never experienced jet-lag, it is a spacy, semi-sick feeling that keeps you up at night and makes you sleep during the day!

Last night I stayed up till nearly midnight watching the spectacular displays at the Winter Olympics.  Being in Asia the past three weeks, I've missed seeing any of the competitions.  This morning, I'm dragging! 

Lying in bed early today, I was struck by the power of our decisions.  I could stay in bed another hour (after all, I woke up at 5.15 a.m.) or get up and put away the laundry I did yesterday and start working on my to-do list.  Bed seemed a much better choice! 

Whether our decisions are minor or major, they have a ripple effect:

• If we stay in bed when we need to get up, our decision affects what we get done that day
• If we consistently eat more than we need (another poor choice from jet-lag!) we gain weight
• If we sit around instead of getting some exercise, even for twenty minutes, we feel sluggish
• If we consistently indulge our bodies cravings and our emotions, we develop patterns that don't work for our best.

There are many more ripple effects from the constant decisions we face every day.  We see this in Samson's life.  He repeatedly made poor decisions: indulged his love for women, missed his calling as God's person at that time in history, and wasted the opportunities God intended for him.  As I battle jet-lag for the next few days,  I'm glad God's Spirit reminded me that I can, and must, still make good decisions every day.

How about you?  What poor, or good, decisions are you making that affect your life--even if you're not jet-lagged?