I talk about goals here a lot. Mostly my exercise goals. A goal that I have not shared with you is more of a spiritual nature. During 2011 I had three surgeries and spent a lot of time being ill. I spent a lot of time watching TV (we still had cable then). Specifically History Channel International and The Naked Archaeologist. While you can find more criticism of the show than positives, I loved it. Between that and the nature of being home and in pain all the time, I found myself turning to my faith more.
That was 2 years ago and I have not made the progress I wanted too. One of the things I wanted to start doing was spending time every day either doing a devotional or reading the Bible. I picked this up 100 times and forget after a day two 101 times. One of the things that Stefanie asked us to do was "Set aside at least 15 minutes every morning to pray or read the Bible or just sit quietly with the Lord." . Which gives me my 102 opportunity to start working on this again.
The reason I signed up for her study was so I was forced to work on my spirituality. Her encouragement of prayer and quiet time with God is helping me to keep focused and stay active in my relationship with God.
I am excited for this study, I am excited to have the excuse/outside reason to study the Bible and to spend time in prayer. I plan on keeping a journal for my self ( another suggestion) as well as trying to post about the study and how I am feeling and growing here once a week. Chapter 1 of the study goes up on Ni Hao Y'all on May 14. Wish me luck!
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