Tuesday Challenge

It is said that it takes about 40 days to create a habit.  Forty continues days that is.  Not a few here and a few there. Month and a week to start something doesn't sound to hard till you get to day 21.  The halfway point has past and although the end of the 40 days is in sight the temptation to drop it is so powerful.   Over the summer I did the love dare with a friend.  We got to the halfway point and almost gave up but we encouraged each other and pushed each other through the rough days.  And at the end of the 40 days we had lost count of our days mentally just the calendar reminded us of our milestone.

As we get into the fall the temptation to sleep in or to stay home is almost more than we can handle.  To drive back to church on a Sunday evening seems so hard.  We get out of our routine of coming to church and it is hard to get back into it.  There is a great risk of never getting back into the habit for our children.   If we don't instill into them the habit of going to church and fellowshipping with other believers they will stray from the path.  It takes 40 days to create a habit and 1 day to break it.

While working in lexington I worked with the AA group that met in our building.  One of the men told me it would take one sip for him to go back to drinking.  That he had to change his whole routine to get sober.  One trip down his old routine and he would be back to his old habits again.  I think in a way that is true for us. I know it is for me.

If there is a habit that you need to get back into or maybe one you need to stop.  For the next forty days focus on that goal.  And help your children to do find a habit to work on.  Maybe it is saying a prayer before school or reading a story before bed or attending church more regularly. Make it an achievable goal.  Mark a calendar, set an alarm and tell others so they can hold you accountable.  

We can achieve so much more together. And remember it only takes 40 days to build a habit!