Pick yourself up and start again
I’d love to stand up there with the band at a Family Service and strum my guitar. However, when I get down to it, I try out a new tune and just make a mess of it. I was talking to Pete the Puppet (the resident Scampton Family Service character) about this. He told me (rather rudely) that I had no staying power! and if I wanted to do something well I needed to keep at it. He told me that when he was learning his extreme sports, he said, he practiced. He added that he didn’t have to practice hard because he was naturally talented.
Apparently he believes I have no natural talent so I must practice very hard. Then I might, possibly, be good enough to play in the band. Then he added that he still didn’t think I would be good enough! But his rude comment made me think that often we make new years’ resolutions but fail after a few days. Perhaps we should think of it as practice. When we fail maybe we should pick ourselves up again and try again. This year I’m planning to read the whole Bible in a year. But I’m also taking Pete’s advice. When I fail (because I certainly shall fail!) I’ll pick myself up and start again. That way I might not manage to read the Bible in a year. Perhaps it’ll take me 15 months … or 18 months … or longer. But at least I will have done it.
What do you think you could do to grow in your own spiritual journey?
As we move into the next decade Sue and the leadership team at Scampton Church wish everyone Gods blessing for a Happy New Year.