Who unplugged the Robot???
Well, I have had a bit of a down week. Not sure what happened, but I just got kinda gloomy.. Nothing really went wrong, but nothing really went right either. By Saturday, I was really grumpy, and couldn't really put my finger on why.
Sunday morning during worship, I think I figured it out. For months, we have been struggling pretty hard financially. We do crazy things like put five dollars worth of gas in the car at a time. We scrounge for stuff to sell to get enough money to go to a resturaunt. We are not poor by any means. We have just enough, and nothing more. Cashflow is very tight.
Last week, we where not broke for the first time in a very long time. I had decided in advance to be more disciplined with the money. In the past, we have always blown our windfall money. This hasn't been healthy. I thought things through, and decided not to go take a flying lesson or do anything else that would wet my appetite for money. I paid some bills, invested in some useful classes for my wife and myself, and bought some groceries. Overall we behaved ourselves..
I didn't really pray much all week. I prayed with the kids when I went to bed. Those where honest prayers. But I didn't really break out of the routine at all. I created a law, stayed in the law, and forgot all about why I was doing what I was doing, and not doing what I was not doing.
I have been robotic.. I programmed the course, and turned myself on.. As I excecuted the program, I failed to notice that I had pulled my plug out of the wall.. While I am still able to follow my course, I am quickly getting tired, lethargic, and apathetic. I lost my power source!
It's great, though, that you recognized this - that's the first step back!