day no. 16,983: i don't care

“Be careful in choosing your carelessness.” — G.K. Chesterton, Platitudes Undone

We cannot care about everything. In fact, we shouldn't. We are commanded by Christ to discount certain cares and concerns and to cut others off altogether.

So what should we do when the world condemns us for not caring about it? Not care.

"What is the solution to all this? The solution is the divine gift of not caring what they think. But of course, not caring at all is apathy, and that is also a sin. Caring is another inescapable concept—not whether, but which. It is not whether your conduct will be approved, but rather which group will approve it. It is not whether you care if your conduct is approved, it is rather which group’s approval you care about." — Douglas Wilson, Real Offense and Not So Much

We cannot be careless across the board, of course, but we must not care what the world thinks about us not caring.

Mark 4:19

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Being overly concerned about what the world cares about is a great way to choke out your concern for Christ. No one can take care to two master. Either you will love the one and hate the other or hate the one and love the other.

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.

The cares of the world should not concern us as much as the cares of Christ. He cares for us and for our cares and that is something we should care a great deal about.