How many email subscriptions do you receive on a daily basis? How many of them do you actually read? Do any of them actually make you a better Christian/parent/spouse/person?
I receive a lot of religion newsletters, but most seem concerned with being right, increasing traffic, or selling advertising. Very few seem concerned with deepening my spiritual life and more with keeping me as a subscriber.
John Wesley has questions that he would ask himself at the end of everyday. Every day has a different virtue and a different set of questions. It’s one thing when other people ask questions of you because you can dismiss them. It’s another thing when you ask yourself a question in the silence and solitude of meditation and reflection before your maker.
Monday’s virtue is Love of Neighbor. Here are the questions (question #7 always pushes me).
- Have I done anything today without considering how it might advance God’s purposes in small or large ways?
- Have I been quick and eager to do what good I could do this day?
- Have I sought God’s purposes in all my interactions with other people today?
- How have I sought to use this day to grow in love for my neighbor?
- Have I allowed myself to feel and share my neighbor’s joy and sorrow?
- Have I responded to my neighbor’s weakness with understanding rather than with irritation?
- Have I yielded to my neighbor the right to have the last word in a disagreement?
- What will I do to prepare for today’s virtue?
