If you want more, desire less.
“Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.” Prov19.2 ESV
Unless a bear is chasing you, haste is generally a waste of time. And, even though most people know this, it would appear that phantom bears stalk the forest of our modern hectic schedule. Every day is a whirlwind of activity running from one thing to another, we are always out of time, always out of breath.
One problem is not that there are too few hours in a day as it is that we try to cram too many activities into them. The gap between what we want and what we actually need has lengthened the distance we feel we must travel each week. Sadly we have no time to enjoy whatever it is that we are chasing. I mean, do you ever see anyone actually sitting in a gazebo or on a porch swing anymore, even though they may have one in the country and one in the city. Haste indeed makes waste, but most of the junk we chase is waste. This is one reason why desire without knowledge is not good. Time given to nurturing the soul will help prune us from wanting things we don’t need and to put our energies into the enjoyment of all that we have. 8/19/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
