dual personalities

Recently I read a quote on Instagram that said something to the effect that you can’t believe in the sovereignty of God and be anxious every time you face something unexpected or that you can’t control.

This is true. Take a deep breath and pray, “I believe. Help thou mine unbelief.” (Mark 9:24)

This is also scary. And this. Mark Zuckerberg is not God, and “…when we try to deify ourselves, what pathetic creations we make!  What pathetic gods we turn out to be!” No kidding.

I am really trying to wean myself off of my computer. This means actually reading more actual books. Every morning I start my day by reading the Bible–if I can keep it up, I’ll read the whole Bible in 2022. Yesterday I read Job 38.

4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.

5 Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?

6 To what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 When the morning stars sang together,
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors,
When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

9 When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;

10 When I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;

11 When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves must stop!’

12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Read the whole chapter here. And relax–God is in control.