“Accountability is the key to integrity…Corruption comes when we avoid accountability.” J.R.R. Tolkien (Frodo Baggins, The Hobbit)“So, how many days did you have a quiet time this week?” Yikes! I wasn’t expecting that question. I had just joined an accountability group and I expected to be held accountable for getting the prescribed materials read and ready to discuss, which I did. No one would know that I did five of the short lessons—designed for daily study—the night before in one marathon session. When I had finished I was pleased with myself that I had covered all the materials. I justified that I did it more effectively since I would better be able to discuss the topic having just studied it the night before.
We met as a group for a year. By the end of that year my quiet times were as much a part of my morning as combing my hair or brushing my teeth. Now, years later, when I lead an accountability group I ask the same question. The material is secondary to developing a good habit that will impact the remainder of our lives. Do you view an accountability relationship as a partnership? What good habit do you want to develop in your life? Who will you approach to ask to be your partner, and hold you accountable to develop this habit? Lord, thank You for giving me someone who cared enough to hold me accountable and left her mark on my life. Amen Note: John Ronald Reuel (J.R.R.) Tolkien, CBE, FRSL (1892-1973), an English writer, poet, philologist, and professor, best known for The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. A close friend of C.S. Lewis (author of the Narnia series), they were both members of the informal literary group known as the Inklings.
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