"A person has to be thoroughly disgusted with the way things are to find the motivation to set out on the Christian way. As long as we think that the next election might eliminate crime and establish justice or another scientific breakthrough might save the environment or another pay raise might push us over the edge of anxiety into a life of tranquility, we are not likely to risk the arduous uncertainties of the life of faith. A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she, acquires an appetite for the world of grace." - Eugene Peterson A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
I've felt the definite tug of the Holy Spirit to deepen my walk with HIm. Yet, at every turn I can find the excuse to put it off. I can get everything together for "quiet time" and then decide what's missing is a cup of coffee. Or, the mailman drives by and I must go bring the mail in. There are just myriads of excuses to not spend actual quiet moments discovering all He has for me. I do read my Bible daily, but there are days that I don't make the time to really take it all in - to find the deeper meaning that is meant to change my life.
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