Well, since I told you about my Lent resolution, I thought you might be interested in an update.
Here is a great song to listen to while you read. It lifts me up each time I hear it.
Giving up sweets has been tough. I love, love, love sugar and sweets. But its been going pretty well, not having them.
I have noticed though (in the last week), I have been substituting other food in its place. While other food is not what I sacrificed, the point is not substitution. Otherwise, the sacrifice isn't really there.
So I will continue to work on not eating sweets and not substituting something for the sugar.
On to the other resolution. It has been harder than I thought.
I don't know why its so hard to make time for reading and studying God's Word.
But I have been trying. So far I have really enjoyed the study from Fellowship Northwest Arkansas.
I would encourage you to check it out.
Despite my slightly shaky resolve, I am discovering (I think) that He is pursuing me. Each verse I have read and studied and the marriage retreat we went to (more on that later) have been reminding me how important it is to find my joy first in God.
While this is easier said than done, I have been feeling more and more confident about my time spent in the Word and in prayer.
I have been reminded each time that the things of this earth will fade but only God will remain. Joy and hope is found there. Not in what I have or don't have here and now.
I am excited to see where God will lead me through the rest of the study.