It's only 20 minutes, that's my goal. It's not much time but still I can't seem to stick to my own resolve. Twenty minutes a day to write; thoughts and ideas to write about constantly distract me throughout the day and each time I have a passing thought, I think to myself, "I really need to write that down when I get home," and then I return back to home and I don't bother to carve out a mere 20 minutes.
Today is different. Today I'm doing it, I'm really going to write for 20 minutes. The difference is because my routine is "new". New is great. New speaks about a fresh start, a different perspective. New isn't broken and most importantly, New hasn't failed yet.
I started a new Bible Study today, actually it started last night but the homework started today. I'm so excited about it and it makes me want to do better in other areas, like writing for 20 minutes a day. Writing, even for 20 minutes, helps me reflect on what's going on for me, moreover it helps me reflect what spiritual truths are obvious in and around my life.
For example, the whole concept of 'new'. God is always calling his people to a new thing. The Bible Study that I just started is about Abraham, Jacob and Isaac. The story starts with Abraham's call to "Go to a land I will show you...I will make you a great nation (something new), I will make your name great (something new), I will bless you (something new) and I will curse those who curse you (something new), and because of everything new that God promised to do for Abraham, all his descendents after him will be blessed and receive the blessing anew as well. Yea!
So this is new for me - a new study, a new focus for this year and a new resolve.
Time's up.
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