Well, yesterday I didn’t write a Minute. That happens every once in a while; I’m tired and think, “Nuts. I’m not going to bother with it.”
That’s not unlike our devotional lives. “Let each day begin with prayer, praise and adoration” says a popular hymn (“With the Lord Begin Your Task,” Lutheran Service Book,” 869) but each day doesn’t begin that way for me, probably for you too. I’ll confess, I don’t get hung up about it. Sometimes my mind is tired, other times I’m preoccupied with problems, and there are more than a few days when I simply can’t focus. “Be still and know that I am God,” says Psalm 46:10. Just be still. Don’t get legalistic about devotion.
I wonder if anyone notices when I don’t put out a Minute. My mother certainly does, always calls to see if I’m ok, but that’s part of her job description. Going for too many days without devotion? I’ll miss every now and then because I’m tired or preoccupied, but those things pass, energies come back and time loosens up, and then I realize that I’ve slipped into the habit of not going to God before I go into the day. Habit. When Jesus saw that the disciples were too busy for too long, He took them to rest, got them back into the habit of intentionally being with Him.
I’ll bet you don’t read every Minute; of course you don’t. That’s fine. Don’t wrap yourself around the axle of each day. Look at your longer patterns and always come back to Jesus.
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