Organizing Life

My life needs organizing.  I have many things on the go and I can accomplish all if I stay focused.  That, however, seems to be the issue.  I can never stay focused very long.  Self discipline…I wish.  

This all being said, nothing wrong with trying.  I think the worst thing I could do is not try and just slip into laziness, have 09 go by, and complete nothing of worth.  

I say this knowing that I will fail.  I will.  It is not a question of if, but of when.  But, thanks be to God, I know when I fail I will not be held accountable for that failure.  Christ died for my laziness as well.  And that is the motivation for trying to get organized.  Christ, came to earth and died for my failures.  My inability to please Him.  My complete selfishness.  He died for me and I am not worth dying for.

Therefore, I want to make the most of my time here.  I want to “finish the race” and “keep tha faith”.  As Piper said “I don’t want to be a sprinter, I want to be a marathon runner”.  

So here we good, domed to fail but covered by the blood of Christ, therefore, must try, fail, repent, and repeat.

Here are my goals, broken down by day and week:

Day:

1. Read Scripture:  this includes the reading for my men’s study, “eat the word” through Church, and reading with my children for their study.
2. Read from additional books:  could be anything but I am picky about what I read.
3. Call a brother in Christ to see how he is doing with life.
4. Something physical:  walk, gym, hoops, yard work.  Just get away from notebook for a while.
5. Up by 7am in bed by 11pm.

Week:

1. Post one original blog post
2. Listen to lecture:  Right now is Building Great Sentences from The Learning Compan

This is what I am going to start with.  There could be a lot more but I want to stay simple and turn these from goals into habits.  Then, maybe we can add.  

I pray God uses these to sanctify me.