How many of you have written the wrong year on a check or form? Maybe I should have asked how many times you have done it. Most of us have a hard time putting the correct date for at least the first two or three weeks, if not the first two or three months. In some fields they would call that muscle memory. It works in our favor for many things that we do. You don’t want an ER nurse or doctor trying to remember how to use certain equipment when your life is on the line. I shoot pistols on occasion and I hope that police officers and military personnel are much faster and smoother at reloading and handling them than I am. I don’t have the hours upon hours of handling and shooting them that those who defend and protect us have from practicing and training. It takes thousands of repetitions with any given task to really become an expert. Are you well equipped to go to God in prayer because you have already done it over and over again? Is there muscle memory and impressive recall when it comes to Scripture and the teachings of Jesus? Do your hands and feet immediately react to the needs of others because you have trained them to respond in situations that call for love and service? I hope the answer is yes. If so, keep on training your spiritual brain to talk to God, listen to Him, and serve those around you. If not, make it your goal or resolution for 2024. HAPPY NEW YEAR!