It’s Father’s Day. That brings to mind lots of things about parenting, being a spiritual leader, and a good husband. The thing I find myself thinking about the most tonight is the issue of consistency. One of the most important things that I can do as a Dad is to consistently love my kids, consistently instruct my kids, and consistently discipline my kids when they don’t follow my instruction (see this article). One of the most important things I can do as a husband is to consistently love and serve my wife without relenting to my selfish desires. And, one of the most important things I can do as a follower of Jesus is to consistently seek after Him, learn more about Him, and walk in deeper relationship with Him.

Consistency is key to excellence in everything that I do; a humbling thought. So, these are the things I want to do more consistently:

• Couples time with my lovely wife
• Quality time with my kids (individually and as a family)
• Get up at 5am every morning (got out of the habit when Ethan was born last month)
• Study the Word (there is a difference between reading the Bible and doing a real study of it)
• Journal about what God is teaching me
• Post on this blog (seems like I get on a roll, then slow down just to speed up again)
• Call friends I haven’t talked to lately just to say hi
• Exercise (I’m tired of being scrawny)
• Clean (I need to do this continually instead of letting things pile up and then doing a “cleaning blitz”)
• Read (I have about 7 books to finish between now and August)
• Minister to the poor
• Goof off (laughing is a must, if I’m not amused, what’s the point?)
• Dance a jig (this was my wife’s addition to this post – I think she just likes to see me look  silly)

What do you want to work on doing more consistently? Please share…