My writing challenge.
You should have a challenge too
It’s been awhile since I’ve written or posted anything. There isn’t a good reason for it, just the internal battles in my mind. Let me explain:
OctoberFast
For the month of October my church is participating in something called Octoberfast. This is where we as a church are fasting every Friday in the month of October and then coming together for a time of prayer on Friday evenings. I’ve decided to step it up and I’m fasting everyday until noon for now and then will modify my fast along the lines of the Daniel Fast when I go grocery shopping.
Why do this? I’m a Christian, I don’t hide, not trying to, but I when I read the Bible I see some of the great things that God was able to do through people that would obey His voice, and follow after Him, I want to be one of those people. I want my life to be an example of what God can do with someone in today’s world, if they will love Him and follow Him.
I’m only a couple of days into this time of fasting but God has shown me that one area I struggle with is Consistency. I will start a new project and then quit after a couple of weeks. I’ll want to start a new Bible reading plan on YouVersion but will fall behind when I oversleep. I want to write and develop a blog where I can try to be a blessing to people, but I want the perfect conditions for me to write (the perfect app, the perfect topics, completely hassle free time in my schedule….) so I never get around to actually writing.
I give my time to so many other things that the things that I say are important to me, I don’t have time for. I say that I want to be a man of God, but I give more time to watching ESPN than I do to reading or studying my Bible. That one I go back and forth with a lot. There are so many examples that I can think of, but the point isn’t to emphasize my faults. The point is to recognize that what I say and what I do need to match up.
If I’m believing God for my life to look a certain way or I’m believing for some things to happen in my life, am I really giving God the time and attention that He warrants. I can say that I love God all day, but if I write out my day, right now I don’t think it would reflect how important He is to me.This month of fasting has already shown me that I need to correct this. I’m not going to overhaul my life in a month, that wouldn’t be smart and it wouldn’t have the lasting effect that I want. I’m starting with a couple of things: writing and reading my Bible. Consistency is the key.
So this is my writing challenge: To write 500 words a day for the next 30 days. I’ll be using the #my500words on Twitter to chronicle this journey.
Very enlightening and encouraging! The pressure has been on in OK so I decided to fast with my home church!
Thank you son!
Be encouraged!! I’ve really have had this mindset lately that I should be willing to give God as much as I do the other things in my life.