12 Minutes

Goal setting manifests itself in many places in our lives.  The number of minutes on the exercise bike, the number of reps of sit-ups & push-up.  We set goals in our daily chores, like when we map out the list from Home Depot, to the dry-cleaners, to Staples, to Shop Rite and then to the house.  Wallet is empty; goal is accomplished!  Not setting a goal in that situations is evidenced by meandering around town, making several trips throughout the week, waisting that $2.95 gas (Wawa on Ft. Dix Rd.) and eventually realizing that you forgot to do or get something that you really don't remember right now.  Confessions of a Meander-er.

Where did you read from in your Bible today?  "Oh, it was ....one of the psalms".  No goal in Bible reading simple means you meander from book to book, chapter to chapter.  Goals in prayer, like certain prayer lists, or set time keeps us progressing forward.  Suddenly you realize that 2 chapters a day has turned into 3 or 4 and 15 minutes of prayer is now a half an hour.  The biography that you have been wanting to read is now off the self and the next book is waiting on the nightstand with great anticipation. 

Next week that timer will be set at 0 hours / 15 mins because goals never go backwards, they always push us on to accomplish more.

Chuck