TUESDAY
JUNE 24, 2014.
'Search me, O God, and know my
heart...' Psalm 139:23 NIV
Don't
Live an Unexamined Life
When you
live an unexamined life - it shows! One pastor writes: 'I've read many
Christian authors who say that if Christ's followers aren't growing, it's
because they don't make a habit of evaluating their lives... Those authors were
describing me. I was always on the go, never looking deeply inside... I never
did the kind of reflection that leads to growth, and I was paying the price -
committing the same stupid sins over and over, living with the same heavy load
of guilt. So I made a difficult decision: I decided that each day I would try
to honestly assess my soul's condition. I would look inside myself and write
down what I saw... Feeling awkward and embarrassed, I started to write.
"God, here are some areas of failure in my life. They aren't going away,
so I might as well take a look at them." Or, "Here's a relationship
or habit I'm concerned about. It's not good and I don't know how to improve
it." ...After writing a paragraph or two I would reflect on what I had
written.' There are benefits to keeping a spiritual diary of your walk with God
that you can't get any other way: (1) It forces you to slow down and examine
the effectiveness of what you're doing. (2) It frees you to ask, 'Why am I
doing this? How do I really feel about it? What is God saying to me?' (3) By
writing even a page a day, in one year you will have a 365-day record of
prayers answered and lessons learned!
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