> Normal Service; Day374

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? Now sin is the sting of death, and sin exercises its power [upon the soul] through [the abuse of] the Law. But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].  1Corinthians 15:55-58

Faith has been the hardest thing to understand. The more you do good things, the more you are drawn to go in the opposite direction.  The more you say “I promise not to do it again”, the more tendency we are to do the exact opposite and that is why I think New Years Resolution fails.  We tried so hard to do the right thing and always end up doing the negative thing.  So how are we suppose to handle things in life if rules and strict regulations are not the real answer? The answer-don’t rely on the rules (the law), but instead abide to what has been established-“the work of the Lord”.  If it pleases and glorify God, then do it.  Measure up on this question and the rules don’t apply because we are not anymore under law but under grace.  It is hard to understand the true meaning of “working for/with God” because we know He did it already at the cross but through the mindset of always associating the very tiny details of our lives for His work, I believe that even the smallest and simplest positive thing we do for mankind is considered a greater than normal service to humanity. Don’t start a New Year’s resolution in 2010 but instead do everything that you think is good, there are so many.

To all my virtual friends and strangers. Let’s start the new decade and the new year in a positive way.  Happy New Year!

MIT (Most Important Task)
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0000, Sleep
0100, Sleep
0200, Sleep
0300, Sleep
0400, Sleep
0500, Breakfast; journal
0600, Leave for work
0700, At work
0800, At work
0900, At work
1000, At work
1100, At work
1200, At work
1300, At work
1400, At work
1500, At work
1600, At work
1700, At work
1800,
1900,
2000, Dinner
2100,
2200,
2300, Sleep
2400, Sleep