I say I write to avoid insanity…not implying I write to escape going crazy. I write hoping your mindsets have enough elasticity to be stretched a bit without snapping. Throughout my childhood I heard insanity was “doing the same thing expecting a different result.” I soon realised everyone in my world was insane, and so was I. Being the retrospectives kind of guy that I am, I’ve always been immensely challenged by this. I like reminiscing, reflecting and reviving experiences to see what lessons I can take away from them. One of these lessons being: I’d need less miracles if I had more wisdom. This is not to take away from my faith or to say that we can do everything in our own strength…For instance I was always perplexed by some of my college student friends who always seem to be in need of financial provision and/or ‘believing’ for breakthrough in this area. Yet they hadn’t applied for a job in months, I’d run into them at the cinema every week or I’d see them buying two coffees a day. Developing habitual routines yet expecting different results?? I believe it to be a Christian injustice to develop these counter-intuitive patterns, yet expect different results just because you are ‘believing for it’. It’s like being consciously oblivious of something and doing nothing about it. What I am suggesting is that we examine our hearts and reflect on our actions to see how some of these struggles could’ve been prevented and install the boundaries that will prevent the issues permanently while believing God to help you outwork these. What are you expecting? Are you doing anything out of the ordinary to see it become a reality? What same questions have you been asking yourself expecting a different answer? Thanks for reading…I’d love your thoughts on this.