Really!!

Starting a journey through a scripture or subject study is easy. Saying that you will incorporate part of a study into your schedule is easy. Being excited the first few days is easy. It is all pretty easy when we talk about it and start doing it . Why then does it get so difficult as we enter the later stages?

One of the most wise saying may be, "Familiarity breeds contempt."

When a person isn't well known it is easy to admire and respect them. The better known they are the more we see their faults. They also see ours and don't always respond the way we would like them to. It is then that we began to struggle with them as a person.

The better known a truth is and the more it relates to our lives the more we get disinterested. The truth is still true but the impact on our life is not what we hoped it would be. All truths end up changing us or leaving us disappointed that it didn't provide more excitement and be more rewarding like it was at the start. Familiarity makes old friends seem like old shoes and truths like a familiar chair. They are great to have around but not when they begin to wear in unfamiliar places.

This year I want to bless my old friends more and to allow new truths to become old friends.

That will mean I must take another look and see the good in them and not look only for what I may gian from them. I must first invest myself before the interest can be collected on either a friendship, investment or new truth to experience and incorporate.