| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.” Proverbs 8:5 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Prudence and common sense are what’s needed” In fourteen years of writing these daily devotional messages I have seldom continued writing on the same theme for three straight months, but I am going to do that with our current theme of selfcare. There’s just so much more that needs to be said about it. Taking proper care of ourselves (body, soul, and spirit), is essential for living fully and well. An important element of good selfcare is to maintain a calm, rational, thoughtful approach to all of life. I’m talking about exercising prudence and common sense when it comes to arriving at conclusions, making decisions, and taking action. When we are prudent we deliberately take time to consider all the facts of a situation and then we thoughtfully and prayerfully arrive at conclusions about it. For big life issues we also get good counsel before making decisions and taking action. It’s especially important that we don’t act rashly out of emotion. Feelings are temporary (especially feelings that stem from hot emotions). The singer Jimmy Buffet once wrote a song about “A permanent reminder of a temporary feeling.” I have a tattoo that fits that description. I was a young eighteen-year-old military man doing a tour of duty in Vietnam but on R&R in Hong Kong with some friends. I did the things a young sailor typically does in situations like that and I woke up the next morning with a tattoo. I don’t really remember getting it but it has been on my left arm for fifty-three years now. It’s a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling. We could consider other examples. A moment of unrestrained and inappropriate passion could result in an unwanted pregnancy, or an incurable sexually transmitted disease, or a divorce. All of those would be examples of a permanent reminder of temporary feeling and they illustrate what happens when we are not disciplined and wise. Good selfcare calls for sound judgment, discipline, prudence, and common sense. All of this is learned behavior and that is why we will continue exploring this important subject for a third straight month. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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