A Practical Walk

As I settled into church this morning, I remembered something I had scribbled on a paper just last week right here in church. I had made a note about how I was convicted of how little I worship God and wanted to do better. I guess as soon as I slipped out of the church building the thought slipped out of my mind, because I didn’t remember it until I was back sitting there again a week later.

Then on top of that the pastor spoke on the seeds that fell on different kinds of ground (Mark 4:1-20) which went right along with the theme of what I’d read in The Well-Watered Woman. The pastor talked about his uncle who had a successful garden and when asked how it was so good, he said, “effort.” If you really want something you’ll put forth the effort to get the results.

If I really want to worship God more, I have to make an effort to remember to do so.

Then an idea hit me, it was inspired by something my parents did when us kids were little. If we said something mean to a sibling, we’d have to say something nice about them, or maybe even 2 or 3 nice things for each mean thing we had said.

I remembered a quote I’d seen about turning worry into worship. And since I have no problem remembering to worry, why not combine those two ideas? What if everytime I notice I’m worried, stressed, sad or burdened, I not only pray about it, but also pick 2 things I love about God. This goes right along with getting my focus off of me and my problems.

One thing I’m noticing, is that I have to do things more consciously. So it might mean I write down 2 things I love about Him, or maybe I say it out loud, or at least stop multi-tasking for a second and say them in a quiet prayer.

I mean…if I remember to do this everytime I’m worrying, this could turn into copious amount of worship! What could this do for my thought life?

Behold my cheesy, child-like drawing! I’m trying to illustrate my mind being filled with so much worship, it’s squishing the worries out. (Side note: Visual aids help me, and according to Learning How To Learn, the wackier a metaphor, the more memorable (pg.58). So I think the same can be said of my drawing above…if it’s corny, that’s okay, as long as it helps me remember it!)