I have set my goals on developing my highly sought after virtue, spirituality. I will honestly say I have been 50-50 dedicated to doing the things I thought would help develop this virtue. While I have been going to church regularly the past two weeks, I have not been setting aside personal time for spiritual development through reading the Bible, praying, doing devotionals, etc. I thought I would share some from a sermon the first week we started working on developing our virtues, and ironically enough, it was about seeking after God and a willingness to respond. My pastor used the example of a broken teapot and compared it to a teapot in mint condition. Obviously, a broken teapot cannot properly function and serve its purpose of pouring tea. In the same way, a person who isn’t whole-heartedly seeking God (or any other thing they strive to accomplish) in their life, cannot function or serve a purpose. We must work to rebuild ourselves and let God work in us. Similarly, we must work at rebuilding the virtue we have sough to develop in our lives, so that we can serve a purpose whole-heartedly. I wanted to share this because it encouraged me and was a friendly reminder as to why we must truly seek and be devoted to seeking something that we want to change.
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