Half Measures

Spiritual half measures avail us nothing. Not a little, not some, zero. Having entered into a secular endeavor half halfheartedly, what was the outcome? Any unfinished “projects” lying around the house, buried in the back of a closet? Exercise equipment serving as a clothes rack or taking up space in the garage, perhaps a shelf full of dusty self help/diet books? On the secular plane we can go to work half halfheartedly and still draw a paycheck, at least for a time. A poorly built house is still built, a badly painted room still painted. Our spiritual life however requires total commitment, half measures resulting not only in our failure to demonstrate but instilling the false belief that we tried and God didn’t deliver, probably because we feel unworthy or God is too busy with important things. Nonsense. NONSENSE. God is source, “Our Father" in every sense. We are His children and all the gifts and blessings that relationship represents are ours for the asking but we must ask without reservation, standing firm in faith, consistent in our prayers, meditations and actions.