God isn’t impressed by your streak. He’s interested in your heart.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

A streak is a number that measures attendance rather than affection. It is useful for building a habit and quietly turns into something you protect for its own sake, which is a different project. Nothing about a long count tells you whether you actually wanted to be there. What God is looking at is underneath the number.

Keep the habit and stop treating the count as the score. If you break it, do not compensate with a big day, just turn up again tomorrow. Ask yourself occasionally whether you still mean any of it, and answer honestly.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which spiritual habit have you turned into a score to keep?

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