How do you cope with a bad day?
Before I get too far into this, today was not a bad day in any way, shape or form.
But how do you do it?
A jog?
A gym session?
Soft music?
Hard music?
Abba?
Good music?
(Did you see what I did there?)
Read a book?
Watch TV?
Talk?
I hope you weren't expecting my answers.
I mean I have them. Answers that is. And ways to cope.
But where's the fun in sharing?
Obviously I feel you should really reciprocate this thought.
I find that blogging(in my vast experience) tends to dwell in a land I tend to refer to as
Hypothetical-land.
I ask a question to myself in the understanding that I don't answer except for in my head. The trick now is, that I realise through wonderful bits of feedback, I am no longer the only one who sees these "questions" (imagine air quotes here). So we all get to play "answer-in-my/your-head"
Because sometimes questions pop up that we read that we don't really want to answer.
How do you cope with a good day?
Strange randomness done.
Genesis 22
What is your most treasured possession?
What is the one thing that is dear to your heart?
How would it compare to your child?
Even if you had a noisy, smelly, naughty child, I doubt you would give them up instead of a thing.
Abraham had nothing more special to him than his son, Isaac.
Except for his relationship with God.
Abraham choose to obey God even to the extent of sacrificing his son.
Wow.
I don't know how I would react in that situation.
My ute? Easy. Very easy.
My fishing rod? Sure.
My computer? Yup.
My coffee machine? Ummmm ok.
My son? I don't know. And I think I should.
I guess Jesus has taken care of that for us anyway.
I realise that this is a different sort of sacrifice. Abraham wasn't trying to come into the presence of God, God readily spoke with him without any ceremony.
Abraham being asked to sacrifice Isaac was about obedience.
"for now I know that you fear God"
Jesus' sacrifice was also a bit about obedience.
He needed it.
Jesus was the one sacrifice to end the need for more.
All we need to sacrifice today to come into God's presence....
is time.
Have you talked with God today?
4 comments:
I'd like to know how you cope with a bad day.
I don't know either! Is it a worry or just normal human being stuff?
I cope with quietness.
I cope with fly tying.
I used to cope by hitting stuff. That was bad.
I have stopped doing that.
Quiet is good.
I don't think you should worry because you don't know. People seem to find the way that suits them quickly. Some ways work. Some don't. Keep using the ones that work.
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