Healthy Body, Healthy Soul

So, as I was out running my 4 miles last night, it got me thinking.  This whole challenge thing has been great for me getting in shape and eating right.  If I set out to accomplish a challenge and I post it on my website, then I work really hard to make sure that I either conquer it or come as close as possible.  It's very motivating.  Why can't I do the same thing for my spiritual life?  There are so many aspects of my christian life that need work.  If I set goals for each month, why shouldn't I be able to achieve them?  So here is my new additional challenge:  to read a chapter out of the bible each day. That is 7 chapters a week. So now, I will be running 10 miles a week and reading 7 chapters out of the bible each week.  For each month, I plan on changing both challenges, physical and spiritual.  If there is a part of your life that needs work, set some goals, make a challenge for yourself and tell people about it.  Be held accountable for what you are doing, otherwise you are more likely to slack on it.  Make sure that you set a reasonable goal and an achievable one.  You don't want to have a goal that you can't achieve, it will just end in disappointment and you are less likely to continue setting goals and challenges.  Even if your goal is something that seems like nothing to other people, that's fine.  You know yourself and what you are capable of, it doesn't matter what everyone else is doing.  Good luck!