Weekly Update

and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:4

Endurance is a word we need to hear today; however, endurance is never an easy word to appreciate. Endurance means taking yourself to limits, whether physical or in this case spiritual. One would never expect a person to be a champion marathon runner who never logged more than 1 mile a day. A person running only 1 mile a day would lack the physical stamina to keep up for 26 miles. The same is true in our spiritual walk; we must build our endurance. What does this mean? Well, I think of daily habits like prayer and Bible reading. Next Tuesday, January 19th, marks the average day for most people to give up New Year’s resolutions. Today I am your coach; you want to have a great relationship with God, you want to be, in James’ words. “complete” well take the time. Get up tomorrow and look forward to a time of reading and prayer. Do not get dismayed that you do not understand what the passage is about— send me a message, let’s talk. Having difficulty connecting to God when you pray? Open up to a friend and have that person pray with and for you, pray together. It is difficult to endure the many days, I get it, I feel it. But we need to endure, we need to connect to God, this is what it means to be human. Let’s take time, commit, or recommit, to a schedule that is centered on God so we may become complete.