In his book, Hope for Each Day, he said, “Time yourself the next time you read the Bible and pray. Compare yourself to the amount of time you spend watching TV or scrolling the Internet (more like Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for me).

“WOW!” I said this out loud to myself as I was reading. “You’re so right, Billy! Way to get me thinking this morning!”

Romans 12:2 says:

Before I start to feel TOO convicted, I want to give myself a little pat on the back here. Every morning, I get up early enough to spend time reading my devotionals and journaling. I say devotionals because I have three of them I read every day and sometimes I check out a couple of others (I hope I’m making you proud Grandma Libby). Some may see me as an overachiever, but I always try to find something that sticks out so I can take it a step further and journal about it. Doesn’t always happen, but that’s my goal every morning.

What Billy said this morning got my attention though.

Do I need to spend more time in the Word?

Do YOU?

One of the best things about Christianity and a relationship with God is that it’s personalized for each person. Only YOU and God know what’s best.

Are you new to Christianity? Perhaps you haven’t quite figured out how involved with God you want to be. That’s okay! My advice to you is to be aware, like Billy said, of how much time you’re spending on the “worldly” things vs. the Godly things.

Sometimes it may be necessary to separate yourself from family or friends in order to have one-on-one time with your Heavenly Father. This doesn’t have to be in the form of reading the Bible or a devotional, IMO. There are MANY different ways to connect to God. You just have to find the one that works best for you.

What’s taking your time and attention away from God?

Aunt Bubba