A day in the life of
Lux who is on an extended 6 month break.
Scene - Apartment 923 in a block of student apartments in Carlton, Melbourne.
8-9 am
Her brain clicks into gear. She hears her housemate waking up, entering the toilet, bathing, blowing dry her hair. Housemate runs down the stairs because she is late. No brekkie. Sunflower wind chime on door handle sounds as she runs out.
9-11 am
One of the most challenging times of the day. Lux negotiates the options of switching on her mobile phone, checking out the time and deciding whether or not to get up. The decision-making process is a protracted one and can take up to 2 hours, by which time the sun is shining a-bright and Lux is getting lethargic from immobility.
So what does she do with lethargy? Toss her moo-moo around. Kick her socks off. Lies face-flat on pillow. Flailing her arms around. In the end, more lethargy.
11-12 noon
Generally quick prayer. Then she wonders - should she pray longer? Sets kettle on boil and heads to the toilet. Comes back and preps brekkie. Says grace and prays for wisdom, understanding and revelation as she reads her daily bread. Devotions!
Fast forward to 12pm
Lux is actually rather tired but still she perseveres on in front of the computer screen. Chatting is rather interesting. She hits the sheets about half past one after talking with her Father.
So what warrants this post? I guess it has been on my mind for a while already. My daily cycle did not use to be like that. I would wake up at 9 to 10 in the morning and leave it as it is, not dilly dally for another hour.
And I certainly do not like the guilt which enters whenever I do not pray at great great lengths at the start of the day and at the end. Does the length of prayer matter? And does it matter whether or not I respond to the Word in devotion-writing or just contemplation? Somehow I seem to think that the latter is more 'appropriate' and if not done in that manner, feel a bit awful.
Religious spirit? I have to pray against this and pray instead for discernment to realise that discipline is not enforced by an angry, distant Father but rather a posture that brings me in adoration to the feet of my loving Father.
There is something good in routine but not when it suffocates me. I refuse to be a prey to the enemy.
Come on Lux! A return to your earlier days when you had a healthier daily routine is possible!
Scene - Apartment 923 in a block of student apartments in Carlton, Melbourne.
8-9 am
Her brain clicks into gear. She hears her housemate waking up, entering the toilet, bathing, blowing dry her hair. Housemate runs down the stairs because she is late. No brekkie. Sunflower wind chime on door handle sounds as she runs out.
9-11 am
One of the most challenging times of the day. Lux negotiates the options of switching on her mobile phone, checking out the time and deciding whether or not to get up. The decision-making process is a protracted one and can take up to 2 hours, by which time the sun is shining a-bright and Lux is getting lethargic from immobility.
So what does she do with lethargy? Toss her moo-moo around. Kick her socks off. Lies face-flat on pillow. Flailing her arms around. In the end, more lethargy.
11-12 noon
Generally quick prayer. Then she wonders - should she pray longer? Sets kettle on boil and heads to the toilet. Comes back and preps brekkie. Says grace and prays for wisdom, understanding and revelation as she reads her daily bread. Devotions!
Fast forward to 12pm
Lux is actually rather tired but still she perseveres on in front of the computer screen. Chatting is rather interesting. She hits the sheets about half past one after talking with her Father.
So what warrants this post? I guess it has been on my mind for a while already. My daily cycle did not use to be like that. I would wake up at 9 to 10 in the morning and leave it as it is, not dilly dally for another hour.
And I certainly do not like the guilt which enters whenever I do not pray at great great lengths at the start of the day and at the end. Does the length of prayer matter? And does it matter whether or not I respond to the Word in devotion-writing or just contemplation? Somehow I seem to think that the latter is more 'appropriate' and if not done in that manner, feel a bit awful.
Religious spirit? I have to pray against this and pray instead for discernment to realise that discipline is not enforced by an angry, distant Father but rather a posture that brings me in adoration to the feet of my loving Father.
There is something good in routine but not when it suffocates me. I refuse to be a prey to the enemy.
Come on Lux! A return to your earlier days when you had a healthier daily routine is possible!
love is when you do it cuz you want to, not cuz you have to =)