I was given a new assignment today.  I’m supposed to make an animated discipleship wheel.  I’ve never done an animation before, so I tried it out.  I’ve found I can do simple .gif animations.  Now I’ve got to try and make a more complicated one.  That should be interesting.  For sure it will take a long time.  Working with graphics is time consuming detail work.  I got hit pretty hard yesterday by a cold, but I went to bed real early, and have felt pretty good today (though I still plan on going to bed early).  I’ve found sleep is the best thing I can do when I’m sick.

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

I always believe I’m right. Does this make me foolish? Or am I only foolish if I am unwilling to listen to others counsel? An unwillingness to listen to others counsel is often an indicator of a hard heart.

II Kings 1 The king hurts himself and is sick, sends people to ask some foreign god if he will live. Elijah meets these guys on the way and tells them the king is going to die. The guys go back to the king and tell him. The king turns around and sends 50 guys to tell Elijah to come see him. The 50 guys get burned up, so the king sends another 50 and they also get burned up. Yet again the king sends another 50 and this time they beg for they’re lives. God tells Elijah to go see the king. Elijah goes and tells the king the exact same thing he told the original messengers that the king sent. Because the king didn’t listen to God the first time 100 men died. How often do I ignore God the first few times, finally submit later, and how much damage does that cause?