Dee Lee writes...
Jeff has been doing a great job of encouraging our family to add a little more Ooomph to our excercise routines... I have really appreciated it, because I feel I have been in a rut, and this new workout gets the blood flowing a little (sometimes a LOT) faster, is good for my heart, and gives me more energy (after the aches and pains wear off!)... I am really hoping I can keep up with this new movement... It's always sad when the flabbiness starts to return and I take the dangerous "just one more night off," which indicates the new routine was only a temporary joy, and now will be placed on the shelf with all the other "good intentions"... (Mixed metaphors? sorry)...
The Lord placed it on my heart this morning that the same could be said for Lent... I am drawn to be in the Word just that much more during Lent. I am striving to add some of the disciplines on the "My Preparation for Easter" list (from church) into my life which are all excellent examples of faith exercises...
But I pray that this isn't going to "go away" after the Lenten period... Isn't 6 weeks the optimal amount of time to start or break a habit? What a wonderful way to "kick start" better discipline in my walk with the Lord... To remember to be organized and keep a prayer or faith journal so I can look back over the months and see how the Lord has been answering prayer and working in my life and in the lives of others... What a blessing that is! And what an easy practice for a huge return of benefits! To add reading a Psalm to my daily Bible reading... How marvelous to have the words of David to use when praising God! And now to make it a habit...
...hopefully, then, the flabbiness won't return...and it's good for the heart!
Dee Lee
"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled" - Jesus Christ
The Lord placed it on my heart this morning that the same could be said for Lent... I am drawn to be in the Word just that much more during Lent. I am striving to add some of the disciplines on the "My Preparation for Easter" list (from church) into my life which are all excellent examples of faith exercises...
But I pray that this isn't going to "go away" after the Lenten period... Isn't 6 weeks the optimal amount of time to start or break a habit? What a wonderful way to "kick start" better discipline in my walk with the Lord... To remember to be organized and keep a prayer or faith journal so I can look back over the months and see how the Lord has been answering prayer and working in my life and in the lives of others... What a blessing that is! And what an easy practice for a huge return of benefits! To add reading a Psalm to my daily Bible reading... How marvelous to have the words of David to use when praising God! And now to make it a habit...
...hopefully, then, the flabbiness won't return...and it's good for the heart!
Dee Lee
"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled" - Jesus Christ
posted by Melanie at 9:56 AM
3 Comments:
i was just thinking about that recently when it comes to "mission trips". We are all gung ho and happy to spend a week sacrificing ourselves for someone else. Then we come home and go back to our daily routines and wait for the next "mission trip"! How do we transition from people of "lent sacrifices" to sacrificial people? Or from "mission trip" people, to daily "missional" people. How do we make these short term ideas become part of our life's routine?
If i could figure that out, i think i'd be much more in tune with Christ's call of "disciple"
I love my mom...just thought I'd put that out there.
:)-Katy
The new BeFrienders ministry has been in a training mode, and it seems to be saying:"the world can be our mission field, if we just look around!" The purpose of short-term missions should be more than doing good for 4-10 days; instead it should be training us to open our eyes to what's right in front of us!
Daily time with God, in the Word, or just a prayer "open my eyes to the needs around me". The "breast plate of St Patrick says: "Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ in those in front of me"... Let's start to see Christ in people we meet daily.
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