The Milo Letters

Dear Milo, There is an increasing movement of dissatisfaction with week-day life in her culture. There are songs, articles, memes, tweets, etc. etc. about living for the weekend or living for vacation, and just “getting through” the week. Ha, just look at the connotation in the way they use the word “Monday!” I am so proud of us!! This widespread infliction of discontentment, boredom, self-pity, and mutual misery, simultaneously creates unrealistic expectations for the weekend/vacation time so that even when they reach it they are still unsatisfied. And we don’t just see this in the work-force, we see it in school aged children. Remember when she was little and we’d make her DREAD getting up for school? We’d inundate her with worries about how she looked, how her grades were, who she’d sit with at lunch, if she’d ever get into a seemingly unattainable “good college,” etc. The best way for you to maintain this success is to keep her from realizing how many people do not have the luxury ...

Dear Milo, Let her take the love of the Enemy for granted. When she wakes up in the morning, He may prompt her to first read a morning devotional, but it’s your job make her think thoughts like “Oh that devotional will be there in an hour, but the new posts on Instagram are only new right now. God will always be there, and He loves me no matter what, so I can do all these other things before coming to Him.” And when she needs comfort or advice on something, make her think “God will always be there, I can ask everyone else in my life for advice first. He’ll be there when I’m done.” While we know that the Enemy would never hold this against her, we must keep her from knowing that the other efforts for comfort and advice are in vain. Don’t let her acknowledge that He is the only one who knows her heart and her future, and that coming to Him first may eliminate the need to search for an answer somewhere else.