Due to a combination of things, mostly my poor self discipline, my sleep pattern has snapped in half. I'm now required to sleep in two shifts; one starting at the normal time and one around 5am. I'm currently awake during the interval for a couple of hours in the middle of the night.
Although I rather like this arrangement, it provides good quiet time, it's perhaps not the best idea for me long term physically or mentally. I've decided to have a clear out in my life of everything that comes between me and God. A dodgy slumber schedule may not be particularly stifling but I feel it should be improved nonetheless.
There's always ways we can improve out relationship with the Lord. At the moment, I'm focusing on the "little" things; the flies in the ointment - the bad habits I've had for years that have infiltrated my life and set up a comfortable home. The parts of my old self that remain: they all have to go. As often with these things, it's likely to be a lifelong process, there will always be things that need addressing, new things trying to creep in but with God's help there will be more things out than in.
I like to think of these ideas as little programs that run in the background of my mind. It's not good to have just one application running, taking all the CPU time. Once I make a habit of spotting the rough areas in my life, the bad habits and so on, it becomes natural to consistently work on removing them, replacing them with good habits and allowing my new self to ultimately overwrite the old, dead self.
Although I rather like this arrangement, it provides good quiet time, it's perhaps not the best idea for me long term physically or mentally. I've decided to have a clear out in my life of everything that comes between me and God. A dodgy slumber schedule may not be particularly stifling but I feel it should be improved nonetheless.
There's always ways we can improve out relationship with the Lord. At the moment, I'm focusing on the "little" things; the flies in the ointment - the bad habits I've had for years that have infiltrated my life and set up a comfortable home. The parts of my old self that remain: they all have to go. As often with these things, it's likely to be a lifelong process, there will always be things that need addressing, new things trying to creep in but with God's help there will be more things out than in.
I like to think of these ideas as little programs that run in the background of my mind. It's not good to have just one application running, taking all the CPU time. Once I make a habit of spotting the rough areas in my life, the bad habits and so on, it becomes natural to consistently work on removing them, replacing them with good habits and allowing my new self to ultimately overwrite the old, dead self.
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