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It’s amazing how easily I forget about what’s really important. When I was in Honduras it was so crucial for me to spend time reading my Bible and feeding myself spiritually because I didn’t have anything else to fill me up. I was so aware of how necessary Jesus was to complete me. Then I came home and was back with all of my friends and family and back in my comfort zone where it was easy for me to feel fulfilled by those people and environments. When I left Honduras one of the things I could have told you was so important in my life and something that I had learned to do so much better since being there was spending time daily reading the Bible and talking to God. But when I got back all of that seemed to fall by the wayside because of that false sense of fulfillment that came with all being back in my comfort zone. I didn’t need Jesus when I had my friends and family around me. Oh, how quickly I forget. Once you get out of those habits it’s so difficult to get back into them, just like when you don’t exercise for a long time and then you’re out of shape and it just sucks trying to get past the soreness and back to the point when you feel strong and healthy. Now I’m at that point where I feel spiritually out of shape and am trying to get over the hump and back into the habit of being spiritually disciplined. It really is a discipline and takes repetition and practice and diligence and will power to get right. But just like the memory of how good it felt to be in shape is enough to make me want to start exercising again, the memory of how wonderful it feels to have Jesus at the forefront of my life and always in my thoughts and the master of my days is enough to make me want to get back to that point. And I won’t waste any time.