Monday, November 9, 2009
For the next 21 days I will be fasting from 6 am to 6 pm (during the week), and reading Joyce Meyer's book "100 Ways to Simplify Your Life". I will be using this book and Creflo Dollar's-21 Day Challenge in addition to the fast because I really need to start back hearing from God. During this time I will refrain from TV and limit my recreational talking unless it is job related. Even though I see God's hand in a lot of areas of my life, I know that there are more areas and more ways I can relinquish the control I have and really hear from God and let Him have control. Right now I am job hunting and not getting any good leads, I am also in the process of trying to apply for law school, and I need to hear from God in regard to what schools to apply to, and whether this is for sure the right path for me. I'll journal here and try and keep a record of what I hear.
JM-100 Ways: Step # 1- Do One Thing at a Time
In this step the main goal is to set your mind and energy to start and complete the one thing that you have to do at that particular moment. I know that I have a problem with over extending myself and then exercising discipline to complete tasks. On the other hand, I used to think that the more things I had going on, the better my life looked. In retrospect, my desire to impress others is what caused me to take on so many tasks. I liked doing most of the things I took on but I just needed to realize that not everything had to be crammed into one day, and that if I just approached all things in life simply then my focus would change. Joyce points out that "the ability to concentrate and stay focused can only come from discipline." So, my new verse to follow is going to be 2 Timothy 1:7 which says "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." My prayer for this week is that I will learn to exercise self discipline and complete each task that I set out to finish. My example for completion is Jesus in this verse "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" Philippians 1:6. Thought for the day "One key to simplicity is realizing that quality is far superior to quantity." JM My quality of life is weakened when I seek to fill it with so many tasks and try to divide my time and attention on a daily basis.
For today I will focus on setting an interview appointment with Macy's, applying to 3 jobs and thoroughly researching Southwestern law schools. I'll have an update tomorrow.
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