New Leaves...

Finally I have internet at home! thanks Joe for hooking it up man - i don't know where i'd be without your computer geniusness...

So, new leaves... As you'll notice from my last post, the weekend i spent in Harpenden with the 24-7 crew was amazing - God totally knocked me for six, it's been a long time since i've encountered him with a similar depth... i have an inkling that it's something to do with getting up early before breakfast and spending some quality time with Him in a field...

Isn't it weird - many of us spend a huge amount of time in our lives trying to realise that God isn't restricted by formulae and rules, and yet one of the most fundamental things in this life is so causal it could almost be called a formula: spend more time with God, life improves!

I'm not preaching a 'health and wealth' gospel, of course life is gonna throw a handful of cack at us every now and then, but with the equivalent "stress and worry" time spent in God's presence, meaning and importance changes...

So this last 8 days, my endeavour has been to give God a chunk of time, each morning, before i go to work, and mostly, it's been happening (apart from a lapse on thursday - naughty thursdays!)... and what to say - no life hasn't been all roses, it's been stressful at times and i haven't always been a 'model christian'... but often (or at least, more often than before) my focus has been elsewhere... of course i've tried regular morning quiet times before, but routine is something i find really hard, so if those of you who pray wanna clasp your hands together briefly and i'll lead us... "Lord, please help Chris get into a routine of spending time with you every morning. Amen."

I dont know what it is about routines of prayer, why they should be any different from praying the equivalent amount in random chunks across the week, but they seem to work - maybe its cos when we have a routine, we actually DO the prayer, rather than just intend to. maybe.

Anyway, so that's new leaf #1. #2 is the dreaded gym. bleargh. Toby, one of my fellow VP's at the union is getting me fit, so i can (hopefully) run a half marathon with him for charity at some point in the year. i started his routine today. this man wants me dead! hehe, but seriously, i could do with being a bit healthier... so it's worth a shot :-)

I think thats enough rambling for now :-)

C