Resolved: No email before Bible

Today I got to work early.  I took out my Bible and journal and put them on my desk with the plan of filling my mind and heart with God before doing anything else.  But then...I remembered an email I had meant to send.  Rather than simply writing it down on an index card and continuing with my plan, I thought, "Let me just send this."  When I opened my Inbox to compose the email I wanted to send, I saw several other emails that needed response.  Off I was....two hours of toil in email and other computer work, then to my first meeting of a jam-packed day.  This is why Peter warned, "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)   I didn't return to the Word until I was convicted of my distraction late at night. 

I love the resolutions of Jonathan Edwards.  What a life!  So today here is mine:

Resolved:  To do nothing on my computer for work, ministry, or family before I have read the Bible and prayed.

Comments

[Michael Sampson]

YES! I fully concur. M.

[TonyP]

Thanks, Michael. It turns out that this has been one of the most important habit changes in my life this year! I'm so thankful for the way this resolution reminds me every day that "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain."