So I am learning to scuba dive and it is awesome. One element that we have been made to practice over and over is clearing our mask, that is to fill our masks with water and then blow the water out leaving us with a clean, empty mask and we do all of this while under water. Pretty cool huh? The problem is I am not very good at it. It usually takes me more than once to clear it and then I don't always get it cleared all the way. Some of the time I decide that I have cleared enough out and rather than continue to fool with it I will leave a little bit of water in the bottom of the mask. Not enough to bother me but enough to know that it is still there. It is not even enough water to bother my instructors, they think I am doing a good job. As I thought about my lessons the other day I thought of how this resembles my and so many others approach to our Christian lives so much of the time. What I mean is this, we do enough to feel like we are doing our duty but we don't give it everything, it's even enough for the people around us to even think we are doing a good job but we just aren't giving it everything. Eventually we forget what it feels like to give it our all and settle for something less as normal. Well I make this promise to you right now, from now on I will clear my mask all the way, no short cuts or stopping short for me and as for my Christian life and relationship I want to experience everything God has in store for me so no cutting corners there either. I wonder will you join me in this challenge? Let's just see what happens when we give God everything.