Is Christ in your routine?

Adam was gone today to his cousins funeral in Wichita. Our weeks typically are INSANE as we try to get everything done. We have intentionally tried to act as a church bigger than what we are. Why? That's for another post, but simply put, we want to be organized as a church double the size we are, so if we do double in size, we are ready. We call it "Dressed for the wedding". Anyway, in order to accomplish what we need to each week, we rely on a pretty strict routine. Mondays are JAMMED full of planning meetings most of the day. Either we are debriefing the previous day, meeting to plan the next weeks stuff, with staff, or accomplishing tasks from those meetings. Today, with Adam gone I was COMPLETELY lost. It took me a while to get in the groove. A majority of our staff was tied up today too so we didn't have staff meeting. I felt like a child lost in a grocery store. (Terri had to tell me to quit crying a couple of times) All those feelings because a few people in my life weren't around FOR ONE STINKIN' DAY! The people who were a normal part of my routine weren't around. It made me think. Is Christ so much a part of our "routine" our life that when we leave Him out it throws off our whole day? How often in our lives have you missed a day, then two, then a week (maybe longer) of spending some personal time with Christ, and you barely noticed? I was like that. (In no way am I boasting in what's next) In my life today I am FINALLY to the point where spending good, effective, meaningful time with God is as habitual, natural and "routine" as Mondays in the office. It took work. It took some mornings when I didn't want to get up but I did. It took changing habits and making new ones. Just like Mondays full of meetings took a while to get used to, so did MAKING time for God each day BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T I couldn't get done in my life what I wanted to. Anyway, just some thoughts.