Firstly, I've decided to take a semester off work so that I can study a full-time study load.
Guess what? Study is a Spiritual Discipline!
Because I'm taking time off work, the budget will be quite snug.
Guess what? Simplicity is a Spiritual Discipline!
I've been feeling a real call to prayer and meditation for this year, so I've made certain that my timetable includes sufficient time to make these areas of my spiritual life a priority.
Guess what? Prayer is a Spiritual Discipline!
It's making for a very interesting life. Grocery shopping now has something to do with God, because I have to shop within a tighter food allowance than previously.
Riding my bike places has something to do with God because I'm saving fuel money.
Avoiding junk food has something to do with God because there's only a small discretionary spending allowance for me and is it really worth it?
And ripping up Koorong catalogues without taking time to drool over them is about God, because my book budget for this year is restricted to textbooks (unless I choose to spend some of the disc. spend. allow.).
And now I just need to find a way to make travel overseas a Spiritual Discipline. Number of ways that have occurred to me?
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Okay, so now that I've read this properly and realised it doesn't say "2012: the year of spiritual depression"...
It all sounds great. I'm doing the budgeting thing in a non-spiritual manner (well, I mean not specifically in a spiritual manner) so hopefully we can encourage each other. :)
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