They say that if you want to talk to God, you should pray, and that if you want God to talk to you, you should read the scriptures. I could be doing better at both of those things. I think I could benefit from talking with God more often than I do. I would probably get more insights and other blessings that way, and I would definitely improve my relationship with God, which would be its own blessing.
I'm glad I have this blog to help me reevaluate how I'm doing on the basics. Almost as often as I check, I find that I have room for improvement. I suspect that we all do. So, now might be a good time for all of us to think about our prayers and our scripture study, and consider how we might improve them.
Personally, I could certainly improve the frequency and regularity of my prayers and scripture study. Maybe I'll set some reminders on my phone, but since the times I need to pray (when I eat, when I go to bed, etc) don't happen at regular times, I'm not sure how much setting phone reminders would help.
I guess I'll just try to remember, and we'll see how that goes. I already have a little clock that beeps on the hour, so I could use that to remind me to pray frequently throughout the day. Praying before meals shouldn't be hard to remember, though praying when I wake up might be, and praying before bed has never been a question of remembering, but of being too tired to feel like praying.
Tonight, I will pray and read my scriptures. Tomorrow, I will try to remember to pray frequently, and I'll just try to keep it going from there. One thing I might do is set up a daily checklist, so I can track whether or not I'm managing to pray and read each day. That might help. I'll make that tomorrow. For now, I'm going say a prayer, read some scriptures, and go to bed.
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