At the beginning of January I committed to waking up at 5am and writing for 30 days. So how's it going you ask? Well...2017 hasn't exactly started the way I thought it would. I rang in the new year laid up on my couch with the flu. That lasted about a week, recovered and came down with the flu, but a little bit more severely about a week ago. So, according to my amazingly speedy math, I've spent about 2/3 of 2017 sick. Besides that, my kiddos and wife all got sick or are currently sick, too! Not pleasant or ideal. But it is my reality that has forced me to rethink when I write and how much I write. I've been able to maintain the twice a week blog posts which is kind of like meeting part of my goal!
There's a lesson in every situation. In this instance it's important for me to give myself grace during a stressful beginning to 2017. I haven't failed my goal of writing but have succeeded in posting twice a week! I am thankfully on the upswing from my latest flu bug and I hope it has left me for a long time! It's weeks like these that help me press into both Ecclesiastes 3 and Romans 8:28... Happy Thursday!