Soliciting advice
It seems to me that all throughout life, and through college, I have been responding to a number of requests that have gotten me where I am. Marcia, do this. Marcia, do that. And this is how I finish high school, go to college, choose a career and complete the numerous daily activities that all of this requires.But what if one discovers that when those external commands stop, one is horrible at commanding one's own direction?
posted by Marcian @ 4:24 PM
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O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jeremiah 10:23)
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:25-31)
Quite right. I was probably not clear enough in my ramblings. The Lord has certainly directed my steps, even to places I never expected to go. But I've been feeling a heavy mantle of laziness creep upon me, causing alarms to go off. I alone can tend the fig tree, and if I do not, I ought not to expect to eat of its fruit. Proverbs 27:17. It's been a keen verse to remember when I am prone to an unloving and lazy attitude at work and toward others to whom I have obligations.
Ooops, I meant Proverbs 27:18.
But I've been feeling a heavy mantle of laziness creep upon me, causing alarms to go off.
I can relate to that...as I look out over the horizon, I do not see good things coming in the near future for us as a nation. With that comes two things for me; 1. The laziness that comes from, "What's the point, I'll end up losing it anyway." and 2. The attitude of 'Retreat to thy bunker, they wish only to hear smooth things.'
'Tis hard to tend to one's fig tree when one is ready to chop it into firewood for the coming winter...sigh...
Blessings, grace and peace to you and yours this holiday season...
I can totally relate! The Lord has been gracious to work on me in that area...slowly but surely, He's changing me.
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