A Quick Lesson

May 28, 2007

Lar,

As has been quite apparent over the past few weeks, I have not been in my best blogging shape. Playoffs took quite a bit more time and energy (and changed the schedule). But now I find myself in a different season of life. The season is over sadly and adjustments need to be made. One of those adjustments is getting back into blogging condition.

Now, although you know I thorougly enjoy blogging with you brother, I have to admit that I didn’t feel like blogging today brother. I wrote countless emails, but I was hesitant to blog. Why? I mean, afterall, I have blogged consistently with you for what is it, 10 or 11 months now? What’s my hold up?

The answer is plain. The longer we leave off a paricular exercise or habit, the harder it is to regain our former shape. As is the case with hoops, there is a big difference between sitting out for 3 weeks and sitting out for 3 months. If you choose the latter, getting back into shape is all the harder. So it is even with a simple thing like blogging–or anything else. Our habitual muscles are either getting stronger or weaker.

As it relates to life, there are numerous lessons we can learn. From a very pratical perspective, what are we as Christians doing to change our bad habits? And/or what are we doing to regain habits now lost? These habits of which I speak could be anything from reading the Word to how we respond to our kids to what time we wake up in the morning (which is another thing that got off base for me during these past few weeks).

My advice is simply to do what we know we need to do whether we feel like it or not. Usually, this is the safest bet, because on this fallen planet it isn’t often that I feel like doing all that I know I should do. So I encourage everyone, reflect on your habits. What needs to go? What needs to return? Then pray for the grace and make the call. Schedule it on (as I have blogging for the coming week). And get the ball rolling by taking a first step right now. After a few minutes, you might find yourself right back into form. That is, you might find yourself writing yet another long blog post!

Until later brother.
Changing my habits by the grace of God,
Joe

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