A Brick in the Valley

You can expect that by Christmas I’ll look like the guy over on the Jollyblogger. 

Here’s the deal.

Proverbs 25:28, says, “Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.”  When we fail to be disciplined, our lives are vulnerable to all kinds of invaders.

And, we are in an increasingly undisciplined culture.  Hence, our lives are invaded by obesity, financial irresponsibility, temper problems, poor time management, and many other symptoms of a lack of self-control.

So, I’m thinking about doing a series on self-control in the Fall – - not a real long one – -just a parenthesis in our time in Hebrews. 

But, preaching a series means that I have to get my own house in order and one of the areas where I am most undisciplined is in how I eat.  Jollyblogger has me thinking about the low-carb approach to life.  He refers to this Jimmy Moore guy who has lost a “Subway-Jerod” (see here) like amount of weight.

Here are a couple of questions for you, dear reader.

(1) Can you think of other areas besides the ones I mentioned (eating, finances, time management, and temper) in which a lack of self-control causes problems in life?

(2) Do think a series on a biblical theology of self-control would be good to do?

(2) Do you have experience with a low-carb approach to eating?  How did it work?  How did/do you feel?

I never liked bread that well anyway.