"It is remarkable how the explosion of books in recent years about management resembles the similar explosion that occurred in the 1960s regarding premarital counseling. As society became anxious about the rising divorce rate and everyone talked about the demise of the family, the number of books being written for the clergy in this country on premarital counseling seemed to be exceeding the number of people getting married." - Friedman, A Failure of Nerve, p113.
Books and blogs and chronic anxiety. I am reminded of Solomon: "Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh." There really is a way to study an issue that in the end is only wearisome. This happens when one is attempting to solve a problem out of anxiety and not from a position in faith - faith in a sovereign and good God. This occurs constantly in men (and I observe it far more in women) who constantly search the Internet for the latest studies on any issue that is causing them such anxiety.
"Be anxious for nothing..." Paul commands. If we obey this first and receive the peace of God to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (see all of Philippians 4:6-7), then it might be OK, after that, to do a little research.
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