My GBH (Genius Better Half) says that to me all the time — consistency is the key. Consistent work outs are better than not moving at all. Consistent speed down the road will get you there just as quick as speeding to stop. Well, I had decided that I would go workout on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Monday I had a hard workout and played ball (poorly I might add) Monday night so I was really wiped out. Afraid of working out too hard and playing another game Wednesday night — I decided to skip the workout. Played a little better but then I felt guilty about missing that day to workout. I had thought about making it up Thursday, but the day was already packed with appointments and studies. So I went back this morning. Oh my. It really felt like I had never started. I backed off my list of reps and didn’t push myself too hard, and I’m hoping that my GBH is right — that it doesn’t matter how much weight I lifted today, just that I lifted something.

Now most of this post was going to be about physical exercise, but you know what? (Sorry, Doodle’s been saying that constantly and it’s stuck in my head now!) Consistency is key to a lot more than just workouts. Consistency is key in our spiritual walk with God as well. Consistently reading the Bible (daily hopefully). Consistently praying to God (again, daily hopefully). Those consistencies are what grows us closer to God in our relationship with Him.

I was really embarrassed when I started working out because I didn’t lift very much weight at all and not many repetitions, but I continued going and as I felt I could, added more weight/more reps. I have been amazed at how much better I’ve felt just adding a little bit here and there — not overdoing it — just being concerned about consistency instead of more weight. The embarrassment I felt was because of my own expectations. I thought I should be lifting more, more times than what I could physically do.

The same goes on with my walk with God. I think “I need to read 3 chapters of the Bible a day” or “I need to pray for an hour a day.” When the truth is, consistency is the key — just a couple of Bible verses a day; just a few minutes in prayer here and there. Before you know it, reading a couple of Bible verses leads to reading a chapter one day. And if it doesn’t, that’s ok too — consistency is the key. Be consistent in your learning what God has to say to you through the Bible. Be consistent in your praying — talking to God. He loves that, and more importantly you’ll grow from it.

Shoot, looks like my GBH is right again.