Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Well Michelle left for a conference this morning - she'll be gone until Friday evening. I'll miss her. I was thinking, though, that this will give me a chance to practice some spiritual disciplines that are more difficult to practice when she's here (i.e. fasting, solitude). Then I thought some more and realized that solitude will be a challenge with the new puppy around. Oh well. It's the heart of the matter that is most important anyway. As C.S. Lewis and others have wisely said, the disciplines are helpful in resetting our appetites. It isn't that my desires for food, money, power, sex, etc. are too strong, but that my desire for God is too weak.
Father, please train my senses on the pleasure of knowing you. The discipline that I know will chasten me is well worth the pleasure of seeing your glory and living in the courts of your kingdom.
