they have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. deuteronomy 32:17-21
my inclination towards phases was on my mind as i was talking to my mentor. i felt god convicting me as our conversation moved towards idols. we’ve been hanging around in genesis as i set out to write the whole bible, and realizing god’s hatred toward idols in the old testament puts fear into my heart. i just might be guilty of turning something i’m really excited about into an idol.
my phases have ranged from triathlon training to moving to boston to an intense hunger for learning the entire english language (that one still exists). there was a point where i also bought all the essential cds and books to teach myself Spanish. i buy books constantly with hopes i will read them one day. how-to books, fiction, nonfiction. seminary was a fleeting phase not completely quenched, pescatarianism, craft projects galore, tennis, cooking, owning a long dinner table, being a teacher, crackling everything i owned, learning to play piano. i was on a sunflower stint in high school, salsa dancing hype, mastering the art of making both fishing poles and kites. blogging.
at their peaks it is very easy, frighteningly easy, for my excitement for something new and fresh to overbear seeking God (notice: big "g") with fever.
psalm 31:5-7
into your hand i commit my spirit;
you have redeemed me, o lord, faithful god.
i hate those who pay regard to worthless idols,
but i trust in the lord.
i will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have known the distress of my soul,
and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in a broad place.
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:( as to what you've discovered, :) for discovering it.
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