Where's Your Spot?
Whenever I bought a house – and I’ve purchased several over
the course of my 52 years – my mother would always ask me: where’s your
favorite spot? She was referring to that 6’ x 6’ space to which I most found
myself returning. Sometimes it was a favorite chair next to the fireplace, a couch
that overlooked the back yard, or a pile of pillows in a bay window that was
perfect for an afternoon nap.
This fall your church has one simple question and one simple
challenge for you: where’s your spot? Only what we mean by this is where is
your favorite 6’ x 6’ spot to spend 15 minutes a day with God?
What are we going to do for 15 minutes? Read the Bible. Read
the Prayer Book. Sit in silent meditation. You be the judge. But we all suspect
that the one, and perhaps, only investment that we can make that can have a
consistently positive impact on our lives is spending time with God –
intentionally stepping out of the daily grind, and studying about and listening
to God. We know this makes us
better people, our families better families, and our congregation a better
congregation.
Where’s your spot? How are you going to carve out time to
get there for 15 minutes a day? What are you going to do for that 15 minutes?
We will have suggestions throughout the fall as we move into our series, ‘Back
to the Prayer Book’ in which we will be studying various aspects of the Prayer
Book that can help us draw closer to God.
So, where’s your spot?
So, where’s your spot?
