Clean as You go....

This is a motto many restaurants use with their staff. I learned it as a McPerson, my boss learned it several places over the course of her 25 year career as a waitress. As you're doing the rest of your duties, you are supposed to clean little bits at a time as you go by. That way, when you're done you don't have a huge mess. This works with faith too, I think.

If you start reading Acts and the rest of the New Testament the list of things we're supposed to do and be is overwhelming. It seems like there's no way you will ever get it all done. Well, you don't have to. Just take the time to do a few things as you go, and it will start to seem more do-able. Sort of like starting an exercise program. A successful plan is to add it into your daily routine a bit at a time, and make sure you have the stuff you need so you can follow your diet. You can do the same thing with faith.

So, if you're feeling like you need to work on praying every day. Instead of vowing to pray three times a day for fifteen minutes or something extravagent, you find ways to pray as you go. I've had a lot of luck with standing in line, or while sitting at stop lights. As far as reading, try having a bible in your car for those times when you're sitting in the car waiting for a kid. A lot of people use books-on-tape, and you can get the Bible read on CD for making your commute a more enlightening experience, too.

There's lots of different ways you can bring these things into your life, just a little bit at a time.