Devotion Update

Here is a followup to the post I wrote about struggling with devotions. They have been going really well. Like I said in an earlier post, after Tayva is in bed, I try not to turn on the TV or the computer until I have my quiet time/devotions done. (I actually enjoy TV and computer more then because I don't feel the pressure of "I really should do my devotions" ) Anyway, tonight I read something that I really liked, and thought I would share it with you. It is from the book "A Woman After God's Own Heart" by Elizabeth George (GREAT book, by the way) She is talking about how we need to nurture our private relationship with God, and then people will start to see the difference on the outside. Here it is:

"the greater the proportion of your day -of your life- spent hidden in quiet, in reflection, in prayer, in study, in scheduling, in preparation, the greater will be the effectiveness, the impact, the power, of the part of your life that shows." As I heard one Christian leader say, you cannot be with people all of the time and have a ministry to people The impact of your ministry to people will be in direct proportion to the time you spend away from people and with God"