Well, I'm back.
After taking a week off from the internet, I have made a few decisions in life.
First, I will not be blogging daily. I'll just blog whenever I feel like it. The days of the daily blog are gone.
Second, there is no second.
I enjoyed the week away from the computer except for business. I recommend it to everyone. It's refreshing like drinking a cup of water on a hot day. It cleans the system.
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The following happened last Tuesday night.
I was tired. More tired than usual. Lindsay was running to the store to buy ice cream. I was supposed to be watching the kids. I laid down on the floor.
The tiredness made me feel like I was ready to pass out drunk. I really don't think I have ever been this tired before. And as I laid there drifting between reality and my delusions I was convicted of something.
I pictured myself dying and leaving my wife and children stranded. Without life insurance I was a little worried. I really felt terrible and wondered if I would wake up if I fell asleep.
But then it hit me. God will take care of them. And I was comforted.
Then it hit me again. God will take care of them now even when I am alive. And I was disturbed.
At some point between laying on the floor feeling like I was passing out and going asleep I realized that I haven't been trusting God as much as I should. I try to be independent. I try to be self-sustaining with needing God's help.
But if I am to be the man that God wants me to be, I need to live in total surrender. If I am to raise my children the way that God wants, then I need to allow him to be incontrol.
Writing these words seem to almost state that nothing has changed, but in my heart everything has changed.
I want to resurrender myself to God. I don't know if that will change anything that is going on in my life, but I'm willing.
Watch out for the potholes.
