This week we talked about my most recent failures and how, even though these struggles seem like giant failures of a difficult week, they are really small failures that result in giant effects. What I mean is, failing at my disciplines this week wasn't the failure. The failure was Monday morning when I chose to not read, Tuesday when I chose to not read, Wednesday when I didn't pray, Thursday.... etc. Theres a few decisions I make every day that determine how that day goes. I could eat out or eat in, read in the morning or at night or not at all, I can talk to this or that person, and I generally know how these things will direct my day.
The day is made up of these small decisions, the week is made of these days, and the year made of these weeks. My life starts with every new decision I make.
Every decision is important. I definitely failed but I can start to pick myself up with my next decision, and once I'm there I'll strive for God with my next decision, and the one after that.
It sounds like too much to fix my disciplines, to fix my sins, to fix my laziness, etc....
But is it too much to write an encouragement instead of watch tv. Is it too much to read instead of taking 30 min to go out to eat?
I think I can do that
stop posting and then deleting, dude. i still see the title and the first few lines of your deleted post on my little blog feed thing...on my blogger home page. it makes me really curious and all i get up to is like "only a few girls came out, which would..." and then i wonder, is he going to say something about the girls not going out? and then it's like--does this apply to me? i wonder if it was bad that i just stayed home that day even though i'll be out every other day for spring break and i wanted to stay home with my parents...what happened? why was it such a discouragement?
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yes.
thanks =]