Habits

      A recent article in the Baptist Trumpet regarding habits provided several quotes which I found interesting.  I post them as follows to help me remember the importance of establishing good habits.  

"Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits."  
"Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become." 

                            James Clear 

"The habits you do on a daily basis create the person you are." 

"If you want to change your future you must change your present, and you change your present by changing your habits." 
"In order to see godliness, there has to be dailyness."  
"Dailyness is where the sacred meets the routine." 

                            Robby Galaty 

"If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten." 
                            Baptist Trumpet writer wrote "as quoted by many"

In an effort to improve my habits, I will strive to : 

    H ave daily quality talks with God

    A dopt more friendships and A void those who pull me down 

    B ridle the tongue

    I mprove listening skills

    T hink positive thoughts---Be Thankful in all things

    S eek God's will in daily actions

Bodily Harmful Habits

For anyone who reads my blog, just know that my writings are a form of diary written to myself as a reminder of what I need to think about concerning scripture.  It is not meant as a preachy, preachy to anyone else.  

1 Corinthians 6:19-20  tells me, "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?  For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. "

When I read this, I was reminded that I need to attempt to control certain habits I have developed that could actually harm my body, at least according to research.  I love sweets, but know that too much sugar really does effect the way my body feels.  When I eat too much I have more body aches.  What does that tell me?  Don't do it.  I also know that I am beginning to show signs of a weight issue.  I could blame it on advancing age, but to be honest, I would have to say it is because I am eating too much at meals and snacking too often (which I love to do).  Also, I have basically stopped exercising as I did a few years ago.  My body needs some form of daily workout or walking routine.  It not only helps me feel better, but it also keeps my body toned.   

If I apply 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20 and truly remember that my body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, maybe, just maybe, I will control the habits I have formed over the years which harm my body.  I need to change my focus - make it more on God and His ways rather than on my fleshy desires.