Not Tomorrow...

Yet again, I feel challenged by one of my pastor's sermons. I don't want to go into a whole lot of detail, because honestly, detail isn't what I remember here. But the underlying message was to stop waiting for a convenient time to serve God, and to start today. That's what I feel challenged to do.

One thing I've always struggled with is spending time daily with God in the Word and in prayer. There are always a million (that's 10^6) reasons not to do something, and this, unfortunately, does not miraculously exclude spending time with God. It's sort of funny, because I am constantly saying I want my relationship with God to grow closer, but have done little to make it happen on my end. I aim to change that.

I'm not sure if I'm going to try to start reading the Bible in the morning, which I think is pretty lofty, given my track record there, or in the evening, when I feel like I go to sleep and forget what I read. Maybe I'll try to work sometime during my day to cut away and spend with God. Either way, I'm not going to put it off any longer. I'm going to spend more time with God every day.

Keep in mind, this is not a "New Year's Resolution." I despise those, because we as a society have arbitrarily picked a day to decide to change our lives. There's no more "meaning" in changing your life in January than there is in September, save what meaning we may assign there. I'm not going to try to "do this for 2009," because I want it to be something more than that. And, needless to say, I'll probably fail, especially early on, and I don't want the though of a failed resolution being an encouragement for giving up altogether.

Take it or leave it, but that's what's on my mind right now.

"Pardon me while I burst into flames"