Discipline

I am not referring to discipline in the sense of punishing children. But I am noticing that it is hard to maintain the spiritual disciplines of prayer, reading, journaling (blogging in this century, I guess), and talking with other people. With prayer and Bible reading, along with meditation and silence, one gets closer to God. I find that through blogging I can make sense of all the garbled mess floating around my head. And talking with others is just great; humans need fellowship, we need connection.

I have so many friends nearby and have reconnected with so many more through this blog, Myspace, and Facebook. I have the opportunity to e-mail or call people daily, even several times a day. Yet, I'm still trying to do a good job communicating with my wife! I love my brothers, but I rarely speak to them. I love my aunts, uncles, and cousins, but we only share the occasional comment on Myspace. I do not even remember the last time I spoke with my grandmother, and she is just about the most awesome person in the whole world!

I don't know if anyone still reads this blog or not. But if you do check in, please chime in on how you discipline yourselves to grow stronger.

God bless you--PM