Over the last several weeks I have felt a need for a new beginning in a few areas of my life.  One simply has to do with my office.  I’m moving down the hall.  A couple friends of mine are going to help me do that today!  Yeah, I’m pretty excited about that.

Secondly, and more importantly has to do with my spiritual life.  Why is it that when life gets busy, it’s our spiritual life that gets squeezed out?  Check out this quote from Dallas Willard, “Spiritual life is one of interaction with a personal God and it is delusion to think this can be carried on sloppily.”  Did you catch that?  It’s delusional to think that our spiritual life can be effective if it’s carried out “sloppily.”

Ruth Barton also said, “if we look closely at the way we live day to day, we may well notice that our approach to spiritual transformation is much more random and haphazard than our approach to finances, home improvements and weight loss!  Many of us try to shove spiritual transformation into the nooks and crannies of a life that is already unmanageable, rather than being willing to arrange our life for what our heart most wants.  We think that somehow we will fall into transformation by accident.”

Well I certainly don’t want to approach my spiritual life with God “sloppily.”  That is why I have developed “A Rule for Life” (this term isn’t original to me).  It really is a “Rule.”  Not because my faith is about rules and regulations, but because I want God to be a priority in my life.

Tomorrow I’ll share with you my Rule in hopes it will help you begin to establish one for yourself.