Today is Labor Day. Summer is officially gone, and I'll be going back to school tomorrow. I've accomplished a lot over the summer, and it's been quite fun for me. As the days I have left have dwindled away, I have gotten more stressed about all those last things I wanted to do, much of them involving technology.
Today, I read 1 John 2, and verse 15 seemed to stick out to me. I love the pleasures in this world, the natural and man-made. You know you've crossed the line though when those pleasures become work, when it sucks the life out of you. God did not create those distractions to be work but to be outlets to let stress go so we can go back to work refreshed. Furthermore, all the things we absorb on the internet and all the various collections we have are vanities. They won't last, and the more we grasp, the more they will slip away. We, I, need to let go of these things and realize that they won't last forever. All the energy I put into diversions should be put into things that benefit others and not myself and further my future doing God's will. Sometimes this can be difficult with an OCD perfectionist somewhat like myself, but that's when I need to take a deep breath and let go. Accept that my life won't be perfect. Give God the reigns of my life.
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