Pot Frogs August 22, 2015

Most modern scientists dispute the claim that a frog will boil to death in water that is gradually heated.  There were some studies in the late 1800s that prove otherwise with a temperature rise of 0.2 degrees per minute.  Regardless of boiling frogs, I believe this story is still a perfect picture for how sin can be a slow creep in to our lives.

As I look at my blog posts from this year, the water been slowly heating up.  Posts by month:

I know that blog posts do not mean spiritual growth any more that reading Golf Digest makes one a golfer, but for my, the frequency and consistency of posts points to my time time in the Word and prayer.  It also is a barometer of my spiritual self-discipline.  I have also found that the more disciplines I am in the spiritual realm, the more productive I am in the secular side of my life.

As the chart shows, I did not have a 25 month then drop to a month of 8 posts.  A day off here, turned to three days off there, and so on.  I remember when the numbers first started declining, I felt guilty that I had not posted that day.  Then I was going to post at night.  Well that didn't pan out.  It wasn't long before I would go three and four days and never give the blog a thought.

You know what, no meteor fell on my head.  The earth did not open up an swallow me whole.  But a sense of disquietude has crept in to my life.  Peace has been fleeting.  Contentment hard to find.  Prayers, when offered, seem to be mechanical and passionless.

Some people keep prayer journals.  Others have accountability partners.  My spiritual barometer is my blog.  It is time to regroup, recommit, and resolve to be consistent and constant in my spiritual disciplines.