Maybe you've experienced slippage. You were in a routine, set a standard, followed guidelines, any or all of which were feeding your strength.
But a tweak here, a missed note there, and suddenly you are in a different place altogether. It's like the ship that moves only one degree off course--over time, it is hundreds of miles from its destination.
I take seriously my work with God every morning. My routine, my standard, my guidelines are specific and keep me rooted to the area of learning He seems to direct me toward each day.
My one degree off course began to take me in a different direction and compromise set in. Instead of getting right to work, I checked the NCAA brackets (I can be very competitive) or took a quick peek at Facebook (I can be very curious) and before I knew it, my early morning strength was being fed a compromised diet.
Of course, nothing is wrong with brackets or Facebook. But for me, I was using my time with God to "worship" other interests.
So, yesterday, my Internet was down. The phone company and I spent an evening hour together and I was told it wouldn't be fixed for 7 days. Seven days?!? So I began to pray. Alot. And I began to think what I might do early each morning to find Internet to write this blog.
Did God get my attention? Absolutely.
Was I in the wrong? Absolutely.
So here we are this morning with a miraculously working Internet that may go out at any moment but to me, it is available so I can share: lesson learned.
Here's to slippage, its consequences, and lessons learned. I hope it gets you where you were going.
