Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Given to Change

(Proverbs 24:21) My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

There are many applications of this verse to our lives, but I have noticed one these past couple weeks. "Given to change" is presented in this verse as being a negative thing. How about with regards to schedule? My schedule has not been very consistent for a couple weeks: working some strange shifts; not having to work for a couple days... it has just thrown my schedule off a bit.

Now, I'm not saying that I am "given to change" because of that, but I see some ways in which change, for change's sake, can be detrimental:

1) It becomes even harder for me to wake up in the morning - The past couple days I was able to sleep in as long as the kids did. So, when it was time to wake up for work this morning... not so good.

2) Normally family time gets interrupted - There was a 24 hour period there last week, where I did not see my kids. I didn't like that. Spending time with the family is obviously important, and kids need a dad around.

3) Lunch-Time thoughts get interrupted - Do I have to say any more about this?

Those that are given to change -
Will likely end up out on the range.

There, three points and a poem.

Just a thought...

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