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I am currently slacking on my blogging and for that I apologize. Life has been busy up to this point and with work and graduate classes I have a tendency to over commit myself. I get too involved in too many projects. I have work to do, tests to take, and papers to write. I have books to read for school, work, and and books I just want to read. I have new words to teach myself, yet what is the benefit of truly learning a different language? Well I do not know, yet. I also have over committed myself by going to three different churches and three different bible studies/classes? Why do I do this? Because I love new places, people, and challenges.

I am currently training for a marathon and that is something I have accomplished before and therefore I am so excited about running 26.2 again , but how will I find time to train for this race? So what am I saying?

Over committing is a myth. Under committing is the truth.

I am not truly committed to anything right now. I am a liquid. I am not a solid. I run lose and thin. I am not full and real in anything I am doing. If I really want to make a difference in this world, I must commit. These means I do not make soft statements and white lies. This means I show up consistently and that I am active and involved.

This is what a disciple did for his rabbi.

A disciple follows and drops everything. A disciple denies himself and follows his rabbi. I am not following right now. I am on some abstract road that is only determined by my feelings for this or that subject on a particular day. I have no commitment in my life. This is a sin.

"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
- Mark 8:34