Day 18 - What has to be removed...?

Today my flat screen TVs grew dimmer – I cancelled all my cable services! Now, I wish I could honestly say that it was because of the “What if…” challenge but that’s not entirely true. The decision was based on a combination of economic, time and content considerations that we had been thinking about for about a year since I was laid off in August of 2008. However, the challenge that Chris presented to fast did give me the courage to finally pull the trigger on it – pull out the “HD” box and turn it in. Since I had been thinking about this before Chris’s challenge to surrender something for a fast I chose something else to give up for that.

So, I did give up something that consumed time and that “sacrifice” has been key to my completing the daily devotionals on a daily basis. That’s good – it makes me feel good about myself and feel like I’m a part of the team. This little sacrifice is linked to what I consider a good result and it encourages me.

Today’s final question in the devotion is “What are you going to start doing today? What has to be removed from your life for you to have time to do this?” I confess that I don’t have the answers today. I do think that the little sacrifices that I have been able to make are preparing me for the real one(s) that I will make. These are steps along the way to my maturing as a Christian.

These are the kinds of things that you might be able to look back in your walk with Christ and see that when combined with many other little sacrifices, little steps, there has been a big shift in your life.

The journey starts with the first step!

BTW – we still have over-the-air TV so there is more room for sacrifice there!