I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted last. It is amazing how easily things can get away from you. This occurs all the time for me, in many aspects of my life. I seem to start a project (for instance) and before you know it I have allowed a month or two to pass before I continue on that project. It isn’t intentional, it just seems to happen that way.
In most cases, this is relatively harmless. Moving the firewood is important, but not earth-shattering. However, when it comes to spiritual matters … well that is quite another story. I think we all like to find reasons to put off dealing with some of the more difficult decisions in our lives.
One of those decisions, for me, has been family altar. When Debbie and I were first married I instituted family altar to mirror my recollection of family altar when I was young. That worked well for us. For a while. I am not sure when, why, or how it changed, but I have been convicted lately that we haven’t been doing that anymore. I suppose the fact that I was gone all the time driving truck over the road didn’t help. Still, there is no excuse for when we are together. I have finally started doing that again. I love it! I don’t know why we tend to put stuff off, but I am sure that the enemy of our souls has a part in it.
Bottom line: I need to get off my lazy duff and deal with the issues that God is talking to me about. Otherwise, how can I expect Him to help me/us in my other areas of life?