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Pop Culture
A popular saying is,
“Choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”
It sounds nice and it seems so reasonable,
because there is some truth to it.
But it’s not really true.
Every kind of work has it’s drudgery.
Every thing we love to do can become a chore when we have to do it too much.
One skilled craftsman, was offered a job doing what he loved
and he said no
Because the quotas that would be put on him, would take the joy
out of the job.
Vickie loves working with horses and mules,
but there are times, when it’s just work, and she would like to shoot something.
I love studying the bible and writing messages,
but some days when I’m tired
when I have other things I need to do
and it’s much harder to keep my nose to the grindstone.
So although the saying is basicly true
Choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”
It’s not totally true.
And to believe it, is to be decived by your heart.
My heart says to me often
where is your friend Don, it’s time to check up on him
or visit with him
Then my head correct,
no you can’t
Don’s in heaven and
someday you can go to him, but he is not here with us.
(2 Sam 12:23)
Truly the heart and the mind, are two separate things.
In my mind, I know Don Morrison is gone.
but my heart, keeps nudging “It’s time to call him up and see how he’s doing”
Sometimes our hearts get excited about something like a unicycle and we fixate on it
and our heart tries to convince us, that if you just had this thing,
life would be wonderful.
Some of us have gotten that thing and after a while wondered why you wanted it in the first place.
How tragic it is when a young person falls in love with their picture of a career, and then doesn’t like the job.
Like someone who persues training to be a teacher, and then finds they
don’t like working with children!!!
Sometimes our hearts get fixed on a person,
If you could just win their affection,
life would be great,
they are so exciting,
so daring
yet your mind says
but this other person over here,
is good and
stable and
really cares about you.
The heart, the human heart is not the best guide to follow.
Similar advice is
“Follow your heart”
It sounds like good advice,
but sometimes your heart gives you really stupid advice, like
Quit your job and moves to the Bahamas.
I wonder how many people let alright jobs, because they were inspired by the song
“Take this job and shove it”
Why are our hearts so dangerous to follow?
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Our hearts are emotional
Have you noticed,
angry people say
stupid things
they don’t mean.
Angry people do things they will regret doing.
One older man told me about the day
he lost his temper with his best friend
he went to his pickup and got his deer rifle
and came shockingly close to killing
his best friend.
So our stirred up heart,
our angry heart,
our bitter heart
can head us in the wrong direction
Our proud hearts can think too highly of
our achievements,
our capabilities
our skill at poker
Our proud hearts can also exagerate our childrens skills and abilities.
Our kids are the best
Our kids are the brightest
When couples take the Prepare Enrich survey for marriage pre-marital counseling,
there is actually a scale for unrealistic expectations.
Guys and Gals can have those, if they follow their hearts too closely.
My sister was about 18 when she met Calvin, and
she loved everything about him.
She wanted to join him in everything he did.
So, she took up hunting.
I thought
“No way, not my sister!”
After about 6 months of marriage,
my sister realized
she really didn’t like killing bambi.
Her heart for Calvin had clouded her thinking.
Gods word says
2. Our hearts are unreliable
The Bible warns us that
Studies have proven that emotions cloud our judgment and decision-making.
Just because we “feel” something is right,
doesn’t make it right.
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