The older I get, the more I'm recognizing the need for daily healthy habits in my life. With most of them, they are things I've done from time to time. But, one at a time, I'm trying to incorporate them into my life as daily habits. As I'm adding these habits to my routine, I'm starting to realize that these habits take a lot of time! No one of them is particularly time consuming, but cumulatively they are starting to really fill my days and weeks before I've "done" anything.
These habits include things like reading scripture, prayer, journaling, reading other books, exercise (which i'm not doing atm), and accountability. When you add these habits to basic human habits like showering, eating, brushing teeth, taking allergy meds, etc; it doesn't take long before it takes quite a while to get ready in the morning. I began realizing this afresh at the Passion Conference, but trying to remain committed to these habits now that I'm home has punctuated the point.
I'm trying to project what this may look like when I'm in my 60's if I continue discovering habits the Lord wants me to include in my routine. If I end up finding many more things to include, I may find it impossible to get out of the house in a timely fashion. No wonder people end up having to retire! Although these habits don't always feel particularly productive or give a particular sense of accomplishment, I believe their purpose is not to produce material result but to try to shape a particular sort of character. I hope they achieved the desired goal, but the motive always ought to be obedience and following the prompting of the Spirit.
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