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You Have Heard That it Was Said

Recently one of the teens dropped this one on me, rotflshidmt. I don’t use most of these simply because I have not received a copy of a text-to-English dictionary. I’d rather just type it out. But something this ridiculous is just begging to be used. It stands for 'Rolling on the floor, laughing so hard I dropped my Taco.'

There are obviously many problems with this. Do you really want to be on the floor of a Taco Bell? Who actually has friends that are this funny? Do you realize how hard it is to clean up a taco off the ground? There is so much filling that it will take forever.

But it did get me thinking. Are there things in my life that have distracted me from other, more important things? Sure, maybe I’m having a good time in life. But what am I missing? This isn’t about wanting more just to have more. But I would hate to be guilty of Jesus’ warning to gain the whole world and yet lose my soul.
The Bible actually talks quite a bit about remembering and not forgetting and keeping up certain habits daily, weekly, all the time. I have selected just a few.

In terms of connecting with God…
Psalm 119:16
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
In terms of connecting with others…
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
(This also has to do with worshiping God, but the focus is on together.)

In terms of ministry…
Acts 6:2
So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.

1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
We each have gifts and a special call to some part of the shared ministry. What is it? What are we doing to grow our gifts and use our gifts?
What have we dropped that we should pick up? Daily habits?
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