January 19, 2009 4:09 PM
Elisabeth Elliot: Several ways to make yourself miserable
Love this woman!
Several Ways to Make Yourself Miserable1. Count your troubles, name them one by one--at the breakfast table, if anybody will listen, or as soon as possible thereafter.
2. Worry every day about something. Don't let yourself get out of practice. It won't add a cubit to your stature but it might burn a few calories.
3. Pity yourself. If you do enough of this, nobody else will have to do it for you.
4. Devise clever but decent ways to serve God and mammon. After all, a man's gotta live.
5. Make it your business to find out what the Joneses are buying this year and where they're going. Try to do them at least one better even if you have to take out another loan to do it.
6. Stay away from absolutes. It's what's right for you that matters. Be your own person and don't allow yourself to get hung up on what others expect of you.
7. Make sure you get your rights. Never mind other people's. You have your life to live, they have theirs.
8. Don't fall into any compassion traps--the sort of situation where people can walk all over you. If you get too involved in other people's troubles, you may neglect your own.
9. Don't let Bible reading and prayer get in the way of what's really relevant--things like TV and newspapers. Invisible things are eternal. You want to stick with the visible ones--they're where it's at now.
As always, I'd like to encourage you to include Elisabeth Elliot in your morning reading. She gives you a lot to think about during the day. Subscribe to her daily devotions here. You can also see a bunch of my favorites here.
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Comments
I have read this before, but really needed it today...It's so pathetic it made me laugh!
Thank you!
Posted by: Lisa | January 19, 2009 6:59 PM
Haha! I have another one to add:
11. Delay completing simple tasks or starting new project until tomorrow. Take this time to not remove yourself from your comfortable couch and keep adding to that list of things to do. Hold them in the back of your mind.
Posted by: Shylock | March 1, 2009 9:45 AM
