***This is a series of posts based on writing I did on personal retreat in October 2009. Read earlier posts in the series here: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |Part 5|Part 6|Part 7***
I have become accustomed to constant self-expression. Twitter, Facebook, Blog – these are outlets for me, channels of expression unavailable just a few years ago. And come to think of it, in those years I spent a lot more time on spiritual development via certain disciplines like journaling, prayer, and fasting. There was no outlet for the resulting thoughts and reflections at all other than the occasional long and engaged discussion with someone by email.
Now though, we put these thoughts out there, available to be seen by (potentially) the eyes of hundreds of millions of people.
God used those disciplines at that time to lead me to grow in the ways I needed to grow. Now, he has led me to a place where I often lead and teach others and most of that teaching was accomplished via those disciplines
Of course, this is no reason to neglect the disciplines – even if now he chooses to use different ones.
It’s like telling someone you have a good marriage because you got married. There’s more to it than having “made the leap”; there’s daily nurture, daily commitment and, if we remain committed, much reward and much growth.
Remaining disciplined or getting married might be a good start, but it takes a lot more than a day, a ceremony, a ring, and a cake to have a good marriage. A marriage is something you have to work at every day, and so too is a relationship with God.
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