Preaching to... Myself

One of the weird things about the missionary life is that life is such a work in progress. While I'm trying to grow in my relationship with Jesus, I definitely don't always succeed at the Christian life. Yet, as a missionary, I'm working with my students to help them grow in their relationship with Jesus and strategizing how they can order their lives to love Him better.

And sometimes, I have to ask them to do things I'm not good at!

Today, my student and I decided to commit to following schedules this week. This is something I've been working on for, literally, years, and I've been failing at for a couple months! I've been wanting to work on my diligence in living order, and I've always desired to live a life of structure, where I call the shots, instead of the sleep-deprived me that so often decides to change my schedule as I get up 30 minutes after my alarm goes off.

So this morning as I gave my student a pump-up talk about living order, I pumped up myself in the process!! So frequently in the process of telling others about how beautiful the Christian life is, I remind myself of how beautiful it is, and I desire it more.

And these are cool things about my life in SWFL.