I am reminded of the principle that
I have learned in my own life. Doing a
small amount consistently is better than doing a large amount rarely or
never. This applies to devotions,
exercise, reading or even cleaning out that closet. Somehow we get the idea that things have to
be done in large hourly chucks to count.
(If I don’t pray for an hour I haven’t really had my devotions... If I haven’t run a full 6 miles it doesn’t
count.)
Please understand that I’m not down
on large amounts of practice and other things.
We all know that’s really what it takes to truly master
something. But when we find ourselves
frustrated because of a lack of consistency in any area, we should consider
lowering our expectations a bit until it becomes a well-established habit. And a 15 minute run or 15 minutes on your
homework or 15 minutes of practice really do count. And they can add up to some pretty strong
habits. The ant doesn’t carry the whole mountain at one time. He does a little bit consistently.
The author Sarah Wolf Frey is my daughter who is a 20
year veteran of applied music teaching.
In her words “There are some ‘lessons’ that have become more and more
true to me about life in general...”
This series is used by permission of the author.
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