New Commitment
Okay. So, yesterday I made a new commitment.
I pray. I read The Bible. But because I have a busy life, I seem to just slide it in whenever it fits in my schedule. I usually do somesort of praying and Bible reading everyday, but i have been feeling convicted lately that i am not doing as well as i should be when it come to this area of my life. Jesus is important to me. So, why in the world am i not making it more of a priority in my life? I usually spend about 15 min to 30 min at the end of my day praying, reading, and journaling. I am more of a night person than i am a morning person, so i always thought that this was a good time for me to spend with Jesus. but some nights i would cut it short because of homework, or because i was tired. That's not fair to Jesus. If he is a priority in my life, i need to give him more than just the end of my night or the few min here and there that i can squeeze it in throughout my day. I need to plan my day around Jesus; not plan Jesus around my day!
So, with all of that being said I have made the commitment to have coffee with Jesus every morning! I am meeting with Him at the local coffee shop every morning (monday-friday) at 6am! (I have to be to work at 7am) I am putting this out here, because i am going to need to be encouraged and held accountable with this. I AM NOT a morning person. I am going to want to push the snooze and sleep another hour. This will be a challenge for me. But i know that it will be worith it!
I started this today. And by the time i got to work at 7am, i felt great! i felt more awake and alive. I had a good day because it started out right!
posted by Quincy @ 9/25/2006 04:25:00 PM
7 Comments:
Well done. There is nothing etter for you than disciplining yourself to godliness.
being committed to Jesus is something that unfortunately a lot of us struggle with. Pastor Kevin challenged us this week to discover our idols, or the things that are taking time away from Jesus. For me it is TV.
I like how you said that it isn't fair to Him. How often do we say "life's not fair!" or similar words. It always seems to be what is fair for us. Why does it have to be all about us?
Right on big t!! We always want it to be all about us. Sometimes i think that we (our selfishness, our pride) can become our most destructive idol.
what a great challenge that Pastor Kevin gave! The first step in overcoming our idols is to acknowledge them! Most of the time we don't even realize how much we idolize something until we have to face it! then comes the hard part of letting it go!
so how is it going? it's been a while since the commitment. keep pressing on. fight the good fight. don't weary in doing right!
Thanks for checking in on me!!
It has been 22 days of 1 hour with God!!! It is awesome!! I am so glad that I made this committment and will continue on with it!
I think you need a new post.
big t,
you cannot tell me it is time for a new post!! Go look at yours! It has been a bit since i have last posted, but at least when i do post... i actually post something!!!!
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