So it has been a good two weeks since I have read my Bible. If I’m honest with myself, it has been much longer than that since I have had a decent time with God. When I crave Jesus, which I do, regularly, I tend to mop up my messy self and stop up the gap with secondary works by Christian authors or thinkers. What’s wrong with me? I need to go straight to the source from whence cometh all life and help. There is no substitute. Learn, Juliet, learn! Time after time, I put my spiritual life on hold. Unlike Kent, going back to my earlier posting, I don’t get up in the middle of the night to make time for Christ when I am busy. Rather, I just shrug him off, like I do (unjustifiably) to so many of my friends, saying “he’ll understand.”
He won’t push me, but I am missing out on Him. Not the other way around. Time to turn my heart and mind and feelings toward Him again.
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I wish we talked more about this in person. Last week I read my bible, I spent time REALLY praying and listening, I applied what I had been learning, and that was the first time that I'd had such responsive focus since the semester began in August. I realize that it may be unproductive to live in a cloister, but sometimes I need the discipline to live as if I were secluded with God, his truth, and a contrite heart. Even though my life is lived in dependence upon God I tend to overlook the spiritual disciplines as routine --not so. Good post :)
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