“The spiritual life is first of all a life.”
Thomas Merton
There is nothing more important to living a life for Christ than living a life with Christ. This requires not only living with Him but daily practicing what He is doing. A sports analogy may be necessary here. Most of the time necessary to play a sport is spent on the practice field with the coach, not on the game field with the other team. There’s the rub; most people only want the Friday night-lights. Another sports truth may be applicable; the spiritual life is an individual sport. We often spend time with other believers but most of our game time is spent one on one so most of our practice time should also be One on one. And one last sports analogy, to spend a few years in the pros you must spend the majority of time in the minors.
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