Think about the things that are permanent

I recently had the opportunity to make the acquaintance of David Zach, a futurist based in Milwaukee. I invite you to contemplate something he said, something I have been thinking about for the past few days.

Zach commented that people typically start their day getting the news. They watch the morning news programs on television as the eat breakfast and prepare to go off to work, or they read the morning newspaper. News is a summary of things that change.

Zach said that rather than focusing so much on things that change, we should spend time thinking about things that don't change, about the things in life that are permanent. That a significant suggestion.

Consider the kinds of things that change, that fill our newspapers everyday: what team won last night, where the bad weather is expected to strike next, which government official is saying what, and what celebrity is getting married or divorced. Now think about the things that don't change: truth, beauty, right and wrong, God. These things are permanent. They don't change so they don't get much attention in the media but Zach says we should give them a lot of attention. 

I think it is a great message. Sometimes, we focus so much on the things that change, that we forget about the permanent things all together. That's a huge mistake. It is the permanent things that give the changing things context. If we don't consider the permanent things, our consideration of the changing things is very likely to be off base.

The best way to make sure you take time to consider the permanent things every morning, is to start each day with prayer. This is key counsel from The GEO Principle. If you find you don't have time to pray in the morning, but you are spending time reading or watching the news, take some of that time devoted to media and use it for prayer. If you take time to contemplate the permanent, you put yourself in a much better position to understand the things that change.

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