The dare for today was to really look at where my relationship with God is. If I haven't received Christ to look at doing so and if I have then to recommit to focusing on what that really means. Since I've accepted Christ already...16 years ago, I'm choosing to focus on what that means for my relationships now. Similiar to my journal entry several days ago, I acknowledge that when my relationship with Christ is in focus, my marriage and all other relationships are in focus. I'd like to focus more on the prayer aspect of my relationships. For the past three weeks Kendra and I have been exchanging prayer requests and spending time praying together in the mornings. I've noticed that this has led to me praying in bed before we go to sleep. Since we are both spending our time on common goals its easy to bring our thanks each night to God for the positives we've had. We also lay down our burdens and commit to serving others with our priorities. How many Win-Win situations can we create on our way to meeting our goals? The level of intimacy has definantly increased in our relationship and I can directly connect my continued time spent in prayer and reading the Bible to the increase.
When I am focused and in the moment great things occur. When I am distracted and thinking about things outside the moment then my level of intimacy with others declines rapidly.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I am distracted and thinking about things outside the moment then my level of intimacy with others declines rapidly.
Not sure who said it this week - or if I read it... but it was something like:
The only thing God's truly given us 100% control over is our thoughts.
So knowing that allowing your thoughts to wander outside the moment causes a decline in intimacy, what is your commitment?