January 19th - Whenever there is the experience of fatigue or weariness or degradation, you may be certain you have done one of two things - either you have disregarded a law of nature, or you have deliberately got out of touch with God.

On one level, I don't necessarily agree with that. However, I could see where Oswald Chambers was leading when he wrote this, and it is true.

"but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
- Isaiah 40:31

Indeed, even though King David expressed tiredness and weariness in his Psalms quite often, one of the interesting thing he does in his psalms is that there is nearly always a hopeful passage, right at the end of the psalm. And, I believe that he was renewed and refreshed by God. And Chambers is right, in that being out of touch with God, or disregarding a law of nature (i.e. sleeping IS required =p) does cause you to be tired and weary. Took me a while to get my mind around it though.





Personal thoughts:

Saw and heard somethings tonight which made me think a bit: definitely not pleasant thoughts though, as they revolve around a certain amount of sorrow, as well as sadness and how stupid we people sometimes are. Maybe a bit mad at the person as well for being that stupid? Probably. It's been a while, and I thought that the person changed enough to get out of that habit too. Maybe, maybe not.

But nothing's for sure yet, and as usual my mind likes to speculate a lot with not much info to process =p

And oh, on a sidenote, my bro and I bought a new (well, old songs) CD today - and one of my favourite songs was on there, in a style I certainly and totally did not expect. It blew me away. I'll post it up later =) Too tired now.