Daily devotions

About three years ago I started to get serious about having a devotional time each day, things went pretty good for about two weeks then I would miss a day or two. I was serious about making a special time for GOD. (but you know what;) It's hard when you are trying to break from your normal routine and start a new habit. There was so many different times of the day I tried to stop and have some quiet time for reading and praying, it just never seemed to work.

Our pastor issued a bible reading challenge at church, to read a chapter a day or more if we could. That is what turned things around for me. I decided to do my reading first thing in the morning when I wake up. I don't always have a lot of time for praying ,but at least I read in the bible daily. There are days when I don't pray at all ,I just talk to god as I am doing my job or other activities.

This is my fourth time reading through the bible and I am becoming fascinated with the Israelite people. Today I am in the middle of Judges and learning about each leader god puts in place when they start worshiping other gods. I have to say the most boring books were Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy the first time I read them, but this time all the characters have come alive, and it's like reading a novel.
I would challenge anyone who struggles with their worship to try different ways until you find something that works for you, then make it into your habit. When it becomes a habit you will again be simply living life to the best of your ability.

Procrastinating

I like to think of myself as a positive and optimistic person, but then yesterday I realized I'm a pretty good procrastinator also. It was the 15Th of the month just one day before I would be accessed late charges on my mortgage, so I sat at my computer at 6:00 PM and made my payment. It wasn't that I didn't have the money , it was because of distractions and thinking I had plenty of time; any way that's my excuse. January 1st of this year I made my payment right on the due date, but each month since then I keep putting it off. I guess I need some divine intervention in this area.
On special occasions like birthdays and wedding anniversaries I used to totally forget them, now I remember them but wait until the last hour to plan a gift or outing for the occasion. I like to call this progress, which is simply living life to the best of my ability.

First blog post

This is my first blog post. It has been almost two years since I first started thinking about doing a blog. It took me a little longer than 15 minutes to set this up, but that's OK . The next step is to gather my thoughts and start writing.
It's about life and how it's lived everyday, most day's I can deal with it, but on those day's that I can't it gets tough to go the 24 hours. My support is my wife , two sons, two stepdaughters and their children. Also my mother and seven brothers and sisters have had an influence on the way I live my life. The bible is the most important book in my home, it is what gives me guidance every day.
I encourage you to join with me and simply live life everyday to the best of your ability.