Obsession

My new book is free as an e-book on amazon.com today. Meanwhile, we are all going skiing at my favorite mountain, the best way to greet a Monday. Asherel did school work all weekend so she could go. I hope when I come home from the mountain, hundreds of thousands of people will have downloaded The Well-Trained Human (http://www.amazon.com/The-Well-Trained-Human-ebook/dp/B00AV6VVEM). If not, I will still have had a wonderful day skiing.

Often on those free promotional days, I sit at my computer and watch the real time "sales" tally. It is a nail biting day, as if I can't even GIVE my books away, it does not bode well for my future as an author. Fortunately, thus far, the free promo days have been very successful. But sometimes, it is best not to obsess and worry too much over one thing.

For example, yesterday, Asherel noticed that Lucky had completely worried away a 5 inch swatch of his tail fur. We could find no obvious cause- he just got to licking and scratching and soon he had a blazing red hot spot. He had been so focused and obsessed with licking his tail that he created a problem! We put the inflatable collar on him, and by the evening, the tail looked almost as good as new.

Which further supports the truth of the Bible. None of us can add a moment to our life by worrying. Obsessing over results never does any good, and often harms the one obsessing. There is great wisdom in doing one's best, proclaiming God's message, and then leaving the results with God.

(But do feel free to send the link to my book to everyone you know!)

Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Luke 12:25-26 (NIV)
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life ? [26] Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?




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