This month has been full of disorder. Our brains just can barely stand it!
Let the fact that I am still half sane stand as a testament to the power of God.
This morning, before five am, I took the recycling can out to the road in the crisp below zero (F) temperature.
It isn’t easy to take out the trash in this weather.
But one must maintain order.
I got a good night’s sleep last night, even with many things on my mind. I tend to worry. It’s in my genetic make-up to worry. I come from an illustrious line of worriers.
At least I know where my psychological battles lie: I quote anti-worrying scriptures ALL THE TIME.
And I peacefully sleep because of God. Having a healthy sleep cycle is orderly.
I talked with my 401K guy the other day and he told me I can retire when I am 75. Laugh with me.
I am going to have to stay young for another decade. Subbing children isn’t for the decrepit.
More than ever I will have to be conscious of my lifestyle and keeping it in order: profligate spending is simply taboo.
One of my 2026 words is discipline, and I am figuring out how to emphasize this daily. Mostly it involves getting to the YMCA and swimming, but there are those weeks when it simply is a battle to carve out that time. It would be perfect order if I could swim every weekday.
I am thrilled to tell you that after getting the old Fusion to the body shop I can fix it for a reasonable amount. It will have different colored parts, but that is just fine. Cheri and I both are okay with driving a patchwork.
Are you watching what is going on in Minnesota? These crazy cold temperatures used to be a suppressor of bad behavior. Apparently no longer. Order has left the building.
Law-breaking folk have wrought havoc in our little Midwestern enclave. Minneapolis and St. Paul are no-go zones. I described what happened to us in December on our before-Christmas shopping trip. I guess it has gotten a zillion times worse. I see the clips on social media. People are literally dying for their notions.
The left has gas-lit their base to distract from the horrendous fraud that has been exposed.
Minnesota has allowed leftist policy-makers to dip into state and federal funds TOO LONG. We need order.
Illegal aliens have been winked at TOO LONG.
Criminals have been ignored and allowed freedom to commit more crime TOO LONG.
We really need order.
I have friends and family (or I did) that see a completely different worldview. They are diametrically opposite of what I see. I wonder how two such opposing sides can ever reconcile or even meet halfway. They have zero regard for law and order.
I see such a need for order.
I guess I can only foster order in my own little life, day by day, as God allows me to live. He has ordered my days. They are numbered.
As I surrender my life to Him daily I can rely on Him to bring order to my own life, regardless of the mayhem and disorder that plagues my home state.
There are not enough jail cells to lock up the disorderly. It is a plague that has infected liberals, disorderly conduct, disregard for law enforcement, violent assembly, emotional response.
Yes, it is sad. Rights and privileges are mostly unknown. Our children do not understand the laws of the land. Those of us who tried to educate are far out-numbered.
Tantrums seem to be the most effective means for leftists to get their way. No one spanked them as children?
God is a God of order.
Let us all pray together for ORDER to be restored.
MARANATHA!