Rhythms of Life

I hate writing. I know I am bad at it. I look back at my schooling career and wish I would have paid attention to what my English teachers were teaching. I need a grammar book for dummies. But one thing I know is when I blog after I read my bible it means I am in a good place. What blogging makes me do is think through what I am reading. It makes it so that I am not just going through the motions of reading because I know that is what I am supposed to do. It gives me more of a purpose. It makes me think, so what about what I just read.

For instance today I read Mark 10. This was a good reminder that as a follower of Jesus I am called to give up everything to God. I am called to make sure God is more important to me than anything. This is convicting because I love to place sport on a pedestal. If I spent as much time with God as I do on keeping up with sports, I would be very close to God. I know this, now am I willing to Change? That is the questions.

Mark 10 goes on to talk about as followers of Jesus we should seek to serve, not be important. This is huge for me. I have always wanted to be apart of the "in crowed." This is so junior high and high school, but to this day I have to watch how I act because I can try to get into what I think is the important crowed. God has not called me to be important, he has called me to serve. He has called me to be last. He has called me to wash the feet of those around me.

Back to what I was saying earlier. I need to blog what I read because it is a rhythm that helps me grow. We as believers need to find the rhythms of life that help us grow closer to God. It may mean listening to music that puts you in the presence of God. It may mean sitting in silence. It may mean prayer. We need to find what it is that make us closer to God. We need to find our rhythms of life and practice them. We need to invite others in the body to experience our rhythms.