If you focus on who you are in Christ, who you were made to be rather than focusing on trying to do this, or not trying to do that you will find rest. Walking on eggshells will burn you out. Man teaches you what to do... Christ mostly focuses on who you need to be. From states of being you will naturally begin to do or not to do/ partake in certain things. In my honest opinion you are doing way too much when you need to just simply "Be".
As for being bored and losing sanity, you might not know this but the root word for entertain means " to hold together/ support" and the word "ment" means mind (a very old-school word that has had its definition changed for specific reasons)(if you wanna see something funny ask a Spanish speaking person to say the word "mind" for you in Spanish.) (the English language is deceptive and filled with blatant curses and snares if you were to sit down and break some words down to their roots... )
But anyways, the real question is what mind is wanting to be supported/ held together?.. It could be the old man's mind, that old way of thinking. We are called to be renewed in the spirit of our minds.
I have a different approach you could try if you must "do" something. How about using entertainment to support and renew your mind to who you are in Christ. You say you like to draw comics, make them about who you are in Christ, and who He says that you are. You like to make card games? Make card games about it. Make your own content based on what Christ says you are in Him. Listen to music that affirms this belief as well. Watch videos and testimony of Christ. Also ignore other content, and anything that would cause you to deviate from your identity in Him. Dumb things down, make them ridiculously simple to what He says it is, and don't seek to add anything else. Over complication is counterproductive. Avoid others interpretations of what Christ says, and only focus on what He says means to you. People talk way too much, and they get in the way of the pure simple gospel.
Get into the word, make it a lifestyle. Be who Christ says you are. Affirm what He says by just living it, and from that identity you will begin to change your habits and hobbies. To just go about trying to change them without focusing that identity in Him first is nothing
more than behavior modification.
As for being bored and losing sanity, you might not know this but the root word for entertain means " to hold together/ support" and the word "ment" means mind (a very old-school word that has had its definition changed for specific reasons)(if you wanna see something funny ask a Spanish speaking person to say the word "mind" for you in Spanish.) (the English language is deceptive and filled with blatant curses and snares if you were to sit down and break some words down to their roots... )
But anyways, the real question is what mind is wanting to be supported/ held together?.. It could be the old man's mind, that old way of thinking. We are called to be renewed in the spirit of our minds.
I have a different approach you could try if you must "do" something. How about using entertainment to support and renew your mind to who you are in Christ. You say you like to draw comics, make them about who you are in Christ, and who He says that you are. You like to make card games? Make card games about it. Make your own content based on what Christ says you are in Him. Listen to music that affirms this belief as well. Watch videos and testimony of Christ. Also ignore other content, and anything that would cause you to deviate from your identity in Him. Dumb things down, make them ridiculously simple to what He says it is, and don't seek to add anything else. Over complication is counterproductive. Avoid others interpretations of what Christ says, and only focus on what He says means to you. People talk way too much, and they get in the way of the pure simple gospel.
Get into the word, make it a lifestyle. Be who Christ says you are. Affirm what He says by just living it, and from that identity you will begin to change your habits and hobbies. To just go about trying to change them without focusing that identity in Him first is nothing
more than behavior modification.
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