1.30.11

Even if sometimes you don’t like to get swallowed by the very routine that you make for yourself, the inevitability of it does not escape you.

I try as much as I can to create a break that branch out to being unpredictable but it does cause a stir in my psyche. Is this what being obsessive-compulsive means?

For instance, I know full well what happens on a Sunday from the moment I set-up my laptop on my desk until way past 8 or 9 in the evening when I click the “Turn Off Computer” button. But if I, say, try to leave early or even have lunch with some people other than those I usually have lunch with, it breaks the pattern and it upsets me.

I know I need to overcome this.
It is a bit shaky and stable,and yet much as I hate to admit it, it keeps me balanced.
Some irony there!

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Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 6-3 to claim his second Australian Open title in four years.


REFLECTIONS
Leviticus 8-10

The Responsibility of Priesthood
The consecration of the priest for service to God must have been a very emotional experience. Did Aaron have a choice to say no?

Leviticus 10:6
“Do not let your hair become unkempt, and do not tear your clothes, or you will die and the LORD will be angry with the whole community…”

He wasn’t allowed to mourn the death of his stubborn sons who, by virtue of lighting an unauthorized fire for the Lord, were taken from him. Surely, there must be more to it than just lighting the fire. There must be something hidden in the hearts of those boys that God saw and were merited unfit to serve him.

What a responsibility!