Anxiously Awaiting On Everything Eternal…

Sensing Change

I feel like there is a lot of change happening in me the past couple of weeks. The Lord has pointed out some things to me that I have been very hard in admitting. A big one is that I like the little pleasures of life. I like sleeping in and I like food. These two things have been specifically pulled into my mind. Also I have been struggling with the concept of dwelling on the Lord as applied to my workplace. In order to adequately perform in my job I must summon 95% or more of my concentration. Couple this with the fact that I tend to have a one track mind--a curse bestowed on me apparently because of my gender--and that leaves no time to dwell upon the Lord while working. A hard problem to solve indeed.

So with these facts upon me, I have decided to take some action in order to dull my senses to the pleasures that I currently indulge in.

1. I will fast once a week. Books have been written on fasting, I suggest you read this one.
2. I will get up at 7:00am as much as possible. I need quite a bit of help with this one, so I'm not committing to something like "every day" or something insane like that .
3. I will not take a hot shower for longer than 10 minutes. Seriously, I like warm water. Like, a lot. I'm a total girl when it comes to that.
4. I will eat more responsibly throughout the week. This is sort of like committing to a diet, except not really. This just means no more of my favorite fast foods, whose menu consists solely of items from Chik-fil-a.

Alot of these resolutions came from reading Ecclesiastes recently, and the rest from the personal convictions I referenced above. So, those of you who feel like holding me to this insanity, call me and ask me how I'm doing occasionally. I'll try not to lie to you =P.