7/21/2005 09:10:00 AM|||Laura|||

If you've been following this bible study blog for any length of time, you will have noticed a pattern, an ebb and flow in my devotions. My last post was May 10th, and here we are at the end of July. I continued my daily bible study, but stopped blogging it due to time contraints until the last week of May. Then I dropped my study time down to several days a week, and by mid-June I stopped completely. I have still been going to church and to covenant group, but have not done personal devotions and not had a regular prayer time. The same thing happened from the end of last October to the end of March. So what happened?

I allowed my attention to be diverted from the Lord to less important things. My Sontan has faded, and my Christianity has paled. My tan lines, the demarcation between sin and holiness, are harder to perceive, and I sin more often. I know what to do about it - I've known all along but have just chosen not to do it - so no excuses here. I need to be obedient to what the Word says. I need to get back to the discipline of a daily bible study and prayer time, whether it "feels good" or not. I need to pray for repentance. (Repentance is not something I do or a sorrowful feeling, repentance is a gift from God. More on that tomorrow.) Also, I'm reading When I Don't Desire God - How to Fight for Joy by John Piper. More on that tomorrow also. God is so good and so faithful to call me back to Himself. I really am blessed.

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