One of the biggest problems in being human is found in the fact that we do not like to see or admit to the problems or mistakes in our own lives, for it is easier to point our fingers at others.
It is easier to see the negatives in ourselves and in others than the positives.
It is also easier to remember the lies we tell than the times we told the truth.
When things are routine, we rarely notice anything different and we are likely to never remember anything at all.
When our days are routine, that entire day can be a day that is lost in the dead pool of our minds.
For something to be different, or that causes us to remember, then something must happen that grabs our attention and holds our minds captive on that event.
If even going to church is routine, there may not be any difference in that day from other days, and therefore there will be nothing to recall because nothing was new or different, or something never happened that grabbed our attention.
Routines can also mean: Ho-hum: boredom or resignation
Maybe going to church is just a habit---a habit we have acquired along with a multitude of other habits. Ho-hum!
If there is nothing new or different about your golf game, then perhaps your golf game has become nothing more than a habit, or just another routine day on the links. Ho-hum!
If a marriage has grown stale, it could be because the routine is the same with nothing new or different to spice the romance. Ho-hum!
Maybe going to church has become boring.
Maybe playing golf has become boring.
Maybe marriage has become boring.
If everything is boring, then what a boring life to live. Ho-hum!
For even boring people can be boring.
If our lives are no more than Ho-Hum, will anything be different tomorrow?
If we never think of anything new today, will anything be new tomorrow?
If we are not looking for anything new or different today, will we be looking for anything new or different tomorrow?
Did God give us minds to be nothing more than trash bins of past events and old ways?
Would we have telephones today had Thomas Edison not been thinking about something new?
Jesus, of course, did something that was new and different: He changed the way we look at ourselves and look at God, which no person before had never done and never could.
You and I will never change the whole world, but we have the power to change ourselves; and we will never change ourselves until we change our minds.
But if our lives are no more than Ho-Hum, then we should not expect to see tomorrow any different than today.
And how boring is that!
It is easier to see the negatives in ourselves and in others than the positives.
It is also easier to remember the lies we tell than the times we told the truth.
When things are routine, we rarely notice anything different and we are likely to never remember anything at all.
When our days are routine, that entire day can be a day that is lost in the dead pool of our minds.
For something to be different, or that causes us to remember, then something must happen that grabs our attention and holds our minds captive on that event.
If even going to church is routine, there may not be any difference in that day from other days, and therefore there will be nothing to recall because nothing was new or different, or something never happened that grabbed our attention.
Routines can also mean: Ho-hum: boredom or resignation
Maybe going to church is just a habit---a habit we have acquired along with a multitude of other habits. Ho-hum!
If there is nothing new or different about your golf game, then perhaps your golf game has become nothing more than a habit, or just another routine day on the links. Ho-hum!
If a marriage has grown stale, it could be because the routine is the same with nothing new or different to spice the romance. Ho-hum!
Maybe going to church has become boring.
Maybe playing golf has become boring.
Maybe marriage has become boring.
If everything is boring, then what a boring life to live. Ho-hum!
For even boring people can be boring.
If our lives are no more than Ho-Hum, will anything be different tomorrow?
If we never think of anything new today, will anything be new tomorrow?
If we are not looking for anything new or different today, will we be looking for anything new or different tomorrow?
Did God give us minds to be nothing more than trash bins of past events and old ways?
Would we have telephones today had Thomas Edison not been thinking about something new?
Jesus, of course, did something that was new and different: He changed the way we look at ourselves and look at God, which no person before had never done and never could.
You and I will never change the whole world, but we have the power to change ourselves; and we will never change ourselves until we change our minds.
But if our lives are no more than Ho-Hum, then we should not expect to see tomorrow any different than today.
And how boring is that!
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