Like the wife who competes with the dog or the playoffs or the gym for her husband’s attention, Scripture finds itself competing for quality time with us. Because we’ve fallen prey to busyness—because we have places to go, things to do, and people to see—Scripture often takes a dip on our priority lists. We have to go to work, get the oil changed, get our hair and nails and toes done, and buy so-and-so a birthday present. We have to pick up the kids from daycare, wash the car, stop by the grocery store, put the groceries away, cook, do the dishes, cut the grass, do the laundry, iron our clothes for work tomorrow, pack the kids’ lunch, and then help them with their homework. By the way, we’re in school ourselves—with a final next week and a term paper due the week after. This Saturday, we’re hanging with the fellas and chilling with our girls. And we can’t miss church on Sunday. We could read Scripture after church, but by the time we get home from Olive Garden, we’ll be just in time for the Lakers' game. And after the game, we have only a three-hour window before Desperate Housewives. But that’s our time to rest and regroup for the week ahead.
We’re just too busy to read Scripture, right? Well, not quite. Surely, we have ten minutes or so a day to spare. Let’s say we’re awake sixteen hours a day. Ten minutes of sixteen hours equals 0.016% of our day. True, we are busy. But we aren’t that busy.
As Diana noted earlier, sometimes we miss how the biblical world connects with our world, how that day pertains to our day. Therefore, the Bible is often left to collect dust on the night stand, the dresser, the kitchen counter, the entertainment center, or the coffee table (next to the remote control). That’s a sad sentence, but a true one. It’s sad because there’s some good stuff in that Bible, stuff that’ll positively change our lives.
Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!
Posted by: how to write a masters dissertation | January 26, 2009 at 06:49 AM
These are very interesting post and blog,thanks.
http://www.pdfqueen.com
Posted by: Deanna | December 23, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Nice, accurate and to the point. Not everyone can provide information with proper flow. Good post. I am going to save the URL and will definitely visit again. Keep it up.
Posted by: Dissertation Help | January 22, 2010 at 12:35 AM