Routines give some structure to my life. They are so beneficial and yet so easy to get away from. Spiritual disciplines need to be part of that daily routine. There was a time when I blogged my personal devotion every day and it has been a while since I did that. My desire is to exercise at least three days a week and yet that too is not what it should be. There is a little booklet out called "The Tyranny of the Urgent" that identifies the problem for me. I allow the urgent to override the important. It seems that I am slave to the urgent and neglect what is important. Reading and studying for Sunday messages does not constitute a personal quiet time. Too often I let it squeeze out my personal devotion and instead of asking, "How will I be different because of what I have just read?" I am asking, "What is in this passage that the church needs to hear?" It is subtle but oh so destructive to what God wants to do in me. We are in the beginning of a new church programming year, children, youth, and adult activities are back in full swing after the summer. It is a good time for me to do the same, get back into a good God honoring routine.
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