On April 28, 2012, I decided ro give up carbonated beverages. I really didn’t have an endgame in mind. I just wanted to see how long I could go without soft drinks. Four years later, I’m still counting.

You never know what you can live without until you try. Sometimes, all it takes is that the desire to change outweighs the desire for comfort and convenience. It’s really that simple. It’s one day at a time, one step at a time.

What is the good in your life that is keeping you from God’s best? Or perhaps who in your life is distracting you from single and pure devotion to Jesus?

These are questions for all of us. May God keep us all for settling for easy answers to hard questions, and not ever let us settle for anything less than His very best for us.