7:02 am Insani-TEA is trying to post a blog on Cyber Monday---folks must start shopping early in Europe and the far east, Australia, or wherever the clocks are ahead of us.....and to think California isn't even up yet.
I'll finish editing and post when every jot and tittle doesn't take 30 minutes to load.
8:09 pm I'M BACK!!
Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors;
(Psalm 127:1, NASB)
Insani-TEA---a bitter cuppa defined, but not cured. Yet!
Excess is insane---where is moderation?
Just this past week, 11 books have been transported from the public library to my house in my latest "book bag" a Buddy and Charlotte gift---and that doesn't count the 4 returned, the one ebook or the latest Louise Penny's The Long Way Home CD.
Excess in books is just an analogy of the real harmful excesses in my life. Excess of my own efforts in problem solving, seemingly for everyone I know. Excessive overplanning.
Problem solving and overplanning are the real insanity issues in my life.
Sarah Young's recent Jesus Calling entry was spot on for me----even mentioning habitual problem-solving mode as a distance separator from the Lord.
"Don't weigh yourself down with responsibilities that are not your own." (Jesus Calling, 11/29)
What an eye-opener---Seeking to fix everything by one's own efforts, is an exercise of futility. It's also a "lack of trust indicator." Pure insanity.
Don't engage in any activity or planning without input from God. Otherwise, you'll be gulping from the cuppa insani-TEA......which will only give you a headache. I know because I've tried.
