Struggles and Improvements in my Spiritual Routine

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I cannot lie, especially in a paper my Bible teacher will be reading! I have struggled to accomplish this assignment. For weeks, I continually have forgot to read my Bible or do a long just me and God prayer. Not weeks at a time per say, there were many nights however, I would finish my homework, crawl into bed at 12, after my roommate and I had turned off the lights, and remember I had not done my Bible reading that day. This of course was a good time to have a me and God talk, but I would have trouble staying on task. After all, it was late, I was tired, and I had a lot on my mind! None of these are excuses which is why in my reflection I have decided to share the ways I used to get myself in the habit of reading, and prayer, as well as what …show more content…

I fell in some ways it has brought me closer to God, and it has certainly taught me a lot about time management! I found that writing my prayers in a journal has been my favorite part of the experience. Writing my prayers causes me to focus on God and what I am telling Him so that I do not become distracted by my thoughts. I enjoyed reading my bible, and finding new verses to write down and memorize, and I enjoyed experiencing Gods word not only in English, but in Spanish as well. On the day before election I spoke with my mom, and we decided that on election day we would fast and pray together. This wasn’t difficult as I have gone a long time without food before, but I felt that God was testing me that day! On election day, my hall went to chick-file, there was a meeting that provided donuts, and Nutella was offered in chucks! These are all food that I love! And when it comes to chick- file and donuts, well, I haven’t had those since I moved here! It didn’t matter though, I didn’t eat, I prayed, and as I watched the election polls from 7 pm to 2;15 am, I sang praises and found a vast amount of peace in God. The next day, while I was “rejoicing” in the outcome of our next president, I saw that one of my friend, the mother of an LGBT son was incredibly upset, and terrified of what would come from trumps election. This broke my heart as her son is one of my good friends and while I think he lives in sin, I love him and care deeply about how he is treated. It tore me up for days not only for that reason but because she stated that those of us who said God would pull us though to good were wrong. I finally got up the courage to email her and fighting back tears I tried to comfort her on her worries. I couldn’t sleep that night because I was so worried that she would not want to be around me since I disagreed with Chris’s lifestyle, and though it to be wrong. But the next day she replied to my email

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