Why is it that I can make myself wake up an hour early to exercise but not to study my Bible or pray? Why can I stay up until 2 am reading a good book but not spend 10 minutes reading the Good Book? We've started a whole blog dedicated to weight loss and are all making time in our lives to get our fleshly bodies in shape, but what do we do to get our spiritual bodies in shape? Right now, and probably since we've left College Station, Micah and I have not done much. That is sad and very disappointing. Our Sunday morning class at church is about evangelism. It just started a few weeks ago, but already Micah and I can see that we are failing in so many ways in our spiritual life. Sam (the teacher) says a big reason people don't evangelize is that we don't see the urgency, and it's true. We think that we can wait to talk to someone another day or maybe next time we see them, but what if we don't get the chance? He also says that we have to love the spirit more than the flesh (1 Cor 5:5) and we have to do whatever it takes (Acts 21:13). I think it is great that we are working so hard to get our bodies into shape, as long as we are working to get our spiritual bodies in shape, too. So, here is your challenge for this week, and it is somewhat of a selfish one for me. Tell us what you do! I know what most of you do to work out your bodies, tell me what you do to grow in your spirituality. Micah and I are at a loss and really don't know where to start. So tell us what you do, and if you don't do anything, well, read people's ideas and start doing something!!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Challenge
So, I lost another 1/2 pound. Yeah me! I can tell my muscle is building, though, so I'm excited about that. Here is my thought for this week. It is something I've been thinking about for awhile, but haven't said anything about it because if I did I would have to do something about it. Well, here it is.
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Favorite topic yet! Whoop!
I do not read daily. I read typically on Saturdays to prepare for my class on Sunday. Of course this is no where near what our predecesors did and it needs to change. I don't know if you all take magazines to read on the treadmills or ellipticals. Perhaps it would be good to print out a few chapters of a book you want to study and use that to "pass the time". I think I will try that so that I don't just exercise my body. This takes prep work and so it will have to be an effort.
When I worshipped in Saginaw, the congregation would take up each Sunday a total of the days you read the Word. I think we could do that so that we see the truth of the void. Typically, if you followed along in church you could at least have 2 days. I think we could probably see a correlation between our average days read and our average weight lost.
Do you all want to do that and post those numbers too? We could set a universal weigh in day and that would be when we cough up the Bible reading days.
~jorge
Sounds like a good idea to me. And how about maybe we all read the same book or something so we can chat about that?
Sounds good. The Beck and McD household are studing I Samuel right now. Our Bible bowl is going to be Feb. 14th. So, we'll join in after that Saturday. I have a set mind to kick Karl's tail...as well as some other....NEIL and ANDY...I am focused and need to keep studing. Karl and I have been reading 2 chapter each night before we go to bed. We started that on the way home from Christmas....otherwise I don't study. I only prepare what I need for teaching (be it Ladies Night Out devo or 2 & 3 year old class). It's sad. Honestly.
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