Obsessive Anticipation

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Dec 6, 2021 · 3m

Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because I get to sing with my friends in choir. I used to mentally divide my whole week into days that were Tuesday and days that weren’t. The non-Tuesdays only served to get me to Tuesday. I was on mental pause for 86 percent of my week because I was centered on the Tuesday ahead. While looking forward to something isn’t a sin, my fixation on Tuesdays caused me to forget that the other days also had value and purpose. All my life, I have obsessively anticipated thingsholidays, parties, the next meal, everything! Life was only meaningful when it was…