If we live life in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25
Several years ago my wife and I had a lot of difficulty slowing our lives down enough to give the Holy Spirit a chance to work in our hearts. It seems we were too busy from dawn to dusk filling our lives with what we believed were essential tasks. I was especially guilty of not slowing down. Then a fortunate event occurred as we were attending a Life Leaders seminar. We had been going to these programs for over 20 years and always seemed to leave with a helpful “nugget.” Anyway, this seminar was about having an “accountability partner”-someone who loved you enough to tell you what you needed to hear.
That began a habit that has endured for the past 6 years. At the start of each year I set goals for each of the seven areas of life: Spiritual, Professional, Personal, Social, Physical, Financial, and Philanthropic. In July and December she would grade me (“A” through “F”) on how well I was doing in balancing those areas. For a while I was quite “out of round.” Then, with her encouragement and a lot more attention to “walking in the spirit” my life began to take on a sense of contentment. There were and are still bumps in the road but, through prayer and an angel wife my capacity to let Christ set priorities became a way of living. A great example of this is joy and excitement in my heart that has come from preparing for the Christmas on the Bluff “Believe” program on December 8th balanced lifestyle and ask the Holy Spirit to walk in our hearts as we begin each day. We are seeking to live a well-balanced lifestyle and ask the Holy Spirit to walk in our hearts as we begin each day.
Stretch Dunn, Seekers Class
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