A quieted soul

It's been a pretty good week. I've accepted a job offer from HP, finally finished Twilight Princess, and.... well, that's it. Having managed to forget to tender the shares I bought, I'll have to wait another month or so for the fat stock and options check to roll in, but I'll survive without it. Not really sure what to do with it and the other stock money I have, since it's a shame to just leave it in a bank account earning squadouche in interest. Send your hot stock tips here.

I ended up reading a devotional written by Elizabeth Elliott drawn from the passage in Matthew where Jesus and the disciples encounter a storm on the lake and He's fallen asleep. She begins by making the point, how could He fall asleep in such a situation? He was so completely resigned to the total control of His Father over everything that He didn't see it as something to be worried about. A heart that is quieted in submission to the will of God is that only one that can react in such a manner.

Every thing in this world is geared to produce just the opposite of a quieted spirit. Whether it be the constancy of change, personal insecurities, a violated conscience, a controlling personality, or the drive of ambition, ... all are hardly conducive to quietness. To the contrary, our society banks on just the opposite. You don't have to watch adverts long to figure out that if you're content wth what you have, then you're a fool. All are geared to incite a feeling of dissatisfaction, because that's the only way you're going to go out and buy their better, stronger, faster. If you don't have the latest X, Y, or Z, then you're being left behind. If things in your life aren't going in the way you think is best, then you have to fix it. Now.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.
Ps 131:2

Someday I'll play poker tournaments for a living... or maybe not.