Normally you can find me out jogging several mornings a week. This time also includes a prayer routine that has changed over the years as has my spiritual practices. My jogging has let me see things that one might not have been able to witness unless they were out and about in the morning. This has allowed me to observe all kinds of wildlife, I have met some neat people who are out at the same time, I have viewed some awesome sunrises, the freshly fallen snow, beautiful flowers, and the snow-capped Rockies and seen vegetable gardens grow, all of which sometimes seems to be clearer at the beginning of the day. Thus, I try to go out in all of the seasons of the year, including the winter months with its cold and snow.
Over the years I have been learned how to jog on certain kinds of snow, however, ice and hard-packed snow cause me to stay inside or to jog very carefully. One thing that I have found when the snow has been around for a while is that on certain roads that I have used, the edges are not as packed down as the middle part of the road, and thus isn’t as slippery. Therefore, I generally have better traction on the part that is less traveled.
You might try this concept when you are beginning or enhancing your spiritual practices. Just because some learned spiritual writer or your friends suggest a certain method as a way to get involved in these practices doesn’t mean that they are right for you. Please be encouraged to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and come up with some routines that work for you. It just may be a method or manner that others may not have thought of before, or in essence a road less traveled.
Be open and creative, and not afraid to step out in faith, if that is where you feel you are being led. The main thing is to start your rituals of Bible study and prayer in same manner and then continue them being open to change as you are being guided! Peace, Vernon T.
Copyright © 2019 Vernon T. Jones, All Rights Reserved
Over the years I have been learned how to jog on certain kinds of snow, however, ice and hard-packed snow cause me to stay inside or to jog very carefully. One thing that I have found when the snow has been around for a while is that on certain roads that I have used, the edges are not as packed down as the middle part of the road, and thus isn’t as slippery. Therefore, I generally have better traction on the part that is less traveled.
You might try this concept when you are beginning or enhancing your spiritual practices. Just because some learned spiritual writer or your friends suggest a certain method as a way to get involved in these practices doesn’t mean that they are right for you. Please be encouraged to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and come up with some routines that work for you. It just may be a method or manner that others may not have thought of before, or in essence a road less traveled.
Be open and creative, and not afraid to step out in faith, if that is where you feel you are being led. The main thing is to start your rituals of Bible study and prayer in same manner and then continue them being open to change as you are being guided! Peace, Vernon T.
Copyright © 2019 Vernon T. Jones, All Rights Reserved
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