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Two Months


You have exactly 2 months left in 2011. Two months. 61 days. That's roughly 1,460 hours or 87,600 minutes. My question is...

What are you going to do with this time? How are you going to spend the remaining hours of 2011?

It's a fairly substantial chunk of days. In fact, it's plenty of time to pick up a new habit to add to your daily routine (exercising, Bible study, or journaling, anyone?), begin a new skill (cooking, language tutoring, yoga classes?), or wean yourself off of an unhealthy habit (midnight snack, gossiping at the office, not sleeping enough?) or out of a parasitic relationship. Two months is enough time to invest in a new acquaintance or two, plan a vacation, or accomplish all kinds of spiritual, physical, or professional goals.

The point I'm trying to make is that we all take a moment to prayerfully shift our focus and set new goals at the beginning of each year...but why can't we refocus and aim to make changes before a year ends? Two months is a substantial amount of time to put something new into motion.

If we aren't proactive and intentional about how we spend our time, November and December will fill up with holiday parties, family priorities, and more of the same, and this November and December will race by without us even realizing that time is passing. All of those activities can be GREAT things, but let's get to a place where we are choosing how we're spending our time instead of just letting days "happen" to us and sliding on by.

Let's not miss an opportunity this week to evaluate. Pray and ask God how He wants you to live the remaining weeks of 2011. What needs to change? What area does He want to refine in you? Pray and be confident that the Holy Spirit will guide you.

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