Job 21:11
They let their infants run loose like sheep,
Their children frolic about.
Woke up and blood pressure was down, so we are looking at a great day. My new paradigm of noticing things while I am experiencing something is at least sorta making its way into the system. I keep reading that experiences bring happiness more than stuff, but I keep remembering I am looking for joy not happiness. I told my accountability partner and my wife that retirement needs to be about spending time with people, and that where and doing what are less important than finding people to spend time with joyfully.
‘Let’ was ‘send’ in everything not King James. ‘Infants’ was also ‘little ones’, ‘children, and ‘youngsters’. ‘Run loose like sheep’ was also ‘like a flock’ six times and once ‘frolic like sheep’.
‘Children’ was once ‘little ones’ where stitch one had ‘little ones’. ‘Frolic about’ was ‘dancing’ seven times and ‘skipping’ once. Frolic just felt better.
The idea that I see here is that the wicked act carefree with their kids and by not disciplining them are creating havoc for the rest of us and bad adults for their future outcomes. Not that everyone who does this with their kids are ‘wicked’, but godly parents apply the ‘rod’ to grow up kids in the way they are bent. God blessed us with children, and I saw that as my duty to raise them knowing about God and right and wrong. Neither of my kids are perfect and I messed up a lot, but I didn’t send them out without supervision or let them have no responsibility.
I saw this ad about a $50,000,000 house in Houston. It had all the trappings, but the dining room was empty and mentioned having big parties. It seemed super cool in an impress your friends kind of way. But I am also reading a book about being God’s steward and hard to imagine needing a $50,000,000 house to throw a party. When we bought this house, I assumed we would have many gatherings. Now, I know it is not well laid out for big parties inside, but I do hope we begin to use it more for others after the outdoor stuff repairs are complete.
We are in the midst of making plans for a trip this summer. I still have an issue with flying long distances and especially having to come back by myself. No idea why that is such a big mental hurdle for me, but it is. Hopefully, I can overcome it and not back out.
Written 5/3/26, Posted 6/12/26, Job 497/~1070