So, it's been two months since I've posted here. Why? I don't really know. I haven't really felt like I've had anything to post, and I think that might be because I've been slacking off in my time spent with God. I've been more worried about "things" and "doing stuff" than I have about making time to spend reading God's word and praying. Even worse, even when I do have some time on my hands that would be best spent with Him, I tend to distract myself with pointless things.
I need to make that commitment to God, that I'll spend that time with him. If I can spend time with my friends, why can't I make time for God? I keep a rather detailed schedule of my time, why don't I have time to read my Bible in my plans? It doesn't help that my church is 9 miles from my house. We've had inclement weather here recently, which makes that 9 mile drive very dangerous, so we haven't been going. Next week, I'm scheduled to work on Sunday, so that wipes out next week too. We won't even be going to Christmas church this week because of how our time between both families is scheduled out.
God's been prodding me lately to spend more time with Him. I need to spend time reading His word and time in prayer with Him. I need to be able to get to church to be with fellow believers and participate in worship.
How do you make time for God in your life? Does it happen spontaneously or do you need to schedule your "God time" into your life?
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Your post reminds me of so many of us. It is difficult to maintain a daily schedule where I take real time and spend it only with God. If I don't do it first thing when I wake up, it happens on the fly during the day. Not good.
But I do talk to God all day long. And I even listen once in awhile. ;>)
I used to schedule time with God, and at a really crazy time as well. In order to make sure that nothing will get in the way of my time with God, I would wake up at 6am to pray, read the Bible and just worship. One hour daily. That was fantastic. Then I got into a rut, and the routine stopped. I really want to get back into it, and really feed on God's word and just annoy God everyday.