Recently, or better said –- again I’ve been reading “old friend” Thomas A'Kempis, one of his thoughts with me is of “Finding Peace and Making Spiritual Progress.”
Thomas has got me ruminating on habit change.
Here’s the “cud” I'm currently “chewing” ....
Yes, I do have some bad habits in my life. Not ones which disqualify me from public ministry – they’re ones which hinder the steady flow of my lifelong spiritual formation. The answer to eradicating these habits is not just dealing “death to them” … it is capturing and dynamically living life in fervour fuelled by faith, fortitude, fun and faithfulness … in exercising the self-discipline of living my vows to be a Jesus follower. “It is hard to give up old habits, but it is even harder to go against one’s own will.” My will is really for growing in grace … so what about shifting to good habits?
