MAINTAINING A PROPER BALANCE



     While driving down the road, the motorist saw a roadside stand which had a fortuneteller sitting under an umbrella. She was just sitting there smiling and laughing.

     The motorist passed on by and went a couple of miles on down the road.  All of a sudden he spun his car around and sped back toward the fortuneteller.

     As he got closer to the still laughing fortuneteller, he began to slow down. He pulled up next to the woman and jumped out of his car and suddenly began slapping and beating her.  A policeman passing by screeched to a stop and wrestled the man to the ground. After cuffing the man, he stood him up and asked him, "What do you think you're doing?"

     After a moment the man replied, ... "Well, I've always wanted to strike a happy medium."

     <<insert groan here>>

     One of keys to successful Christian living is learning to strike a happy medium -- no, not hitting a fortuneteller, but moderation.  Too much of one thing can leave us unbalanced.  Too much work results in stress; too much rest results in laziness.  Too much laughter leads to not taking life seriously; too many tears lead to depression.  Too much time with "the world" causes us to lose our spirituality; too much time on the "mountaintop" with God causes us to lose sight of our mission in the world. We struggle with maintaining a proper balance in our lives, seeking to be like Jesus Christ who had it "all together".

     "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." (Eccl. 3:1)

Have a great day!

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