So you, reading this ... I don't know who you are. Maybe I actually DO know you in real life. But whether or not I do, I hope we meet in heaven. Because that would be awesome.
October 22, 2009
Luke 15:7
So you, reading this ... I don't know who you are. Maybe I actually DO know you in real life. But whether or not I do, I hope we meet in heaven. Because that would be awesome.
Buscar?
I have a phone! And I've made literally 100 texts in the last four days or so. I love my friends.
Okay anyway, so I just changed my blog template, right? I love this new one. Only thing is, it was originally in Spanish, so I changed everything back to English so I could, you know ... read it. Problem is I have no control, apparently, over changing the search-box in the top right corner. So it says, "buscar". I googled that. For the exact meaning. It means, literally, in Spanish, "to seek". Which makes sense. But it does look a bit weird. So I'm just letting you know that I do not speak Spanish, maybe you do, I don't know, but either way that box is going to stay the way it is unless I discover a way to make it say "search", or possibly something cooler. So yeah that's all about that box.
Anyway.
This is, officially, the 7th post of October. Making October the month in which I have had the most posts. Yay! How exciting. I do have so much to say, and there is so much more I would like to say, but a lot of things people would like to say shouldn't go on the internet. For that I will stay partially silent. Meanwhile, enjoy the rest of what is posted on my blog. You might not understand it all. I don't think I understand all of what I write.
A list of things to tell you, concerning television shows and books:
1. Firefly is cool even though it was cancelled. Watch it anyway.
2. Is a plug for the book "Every Young Woman's Battle". If you a a girl between the ages of 13 and 22 or so, or you are a mother of a daughter of that age, I recommend reading it. It actually changed my life.
3. I am reading a book called "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer. A friend reccommended it to me. I have only read about the first ten pages or so but I like it so much that I changed my blog title in honor of the 9-year-old protagonist, Oskar. So thanks, Oskar.
4. The bible is the best book in the world. And I'm not just plugging it because I"m a Christian. It is, seriously, a good book.
5. Ever watched Wipeout? In need of a laugh? Quick. Youtube it. Or something. It's on Go! at about 7 pm on Sundays or something, I think. Google that too. My information may be inaccurate.
6. I have to go now and do uni work. I have to read "Film Art: An Introduction" which is far more than an introduction, let me tell you.
7 - which I just thought I'd cram in as I was leaving - Go read Scott Pilgrim!
Okay anyway, so I just changed my blog template, right? I love this new one. Only thing is, it was originally in Spanish, so I changed everything back to English so I could, you know ... read it. Problem is I have no control, apparently, over changing the search-box in the top right corner. So it says, "buscar". I googled that. For the exact meaning. It means, literally, in Spanish, "to seek". Which makes sense. But it does look a bit weird. So I'm just letting you know that I do not speak Spanish, maybe you do, I don't know, but either way that box is going to stay the way it is unless I discover a way to make it say "search", or possibly something cooler. So yeah that's all about that box.
Anyway.
This is, officially, the 7th post of October. Making October the month in which I have had the most posts. Yay! How exciting. I do have so much to say, and there is so much more I would like to say, but a lot of things people would like to say shouldn't go on the internet. For that I will stay partially silent. Meanwhile, enjoy the rest of what is posted on my blog. You might not understand it all. I don't think I understand all of what I write.
A list of things to tell you, concerning television shows and books:
1. Firefly is cool even though it was cancelled. Watch it anyway.
2. Is a plug for the book "Every Young Woman's Battle". If you a a girl between the ages of 13 and 22 or so, or you are a mother of a daughter of that age, I recommend reading it. It actually changed my life.
3. I am reading a book called "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer. A friend reccommended it to me. I have only read about the first ten pages or so but I like it so much that I changed my blog title in honor of the 9-year-old protagonist, Oskar. So thanks, Oskar.
4. The bible is the best book in the world. And I'm not just plugging it because I"m a Christian. It is, seriously, a good book.
5. Ever watched Wipeout? In need of a laugh? Quick. Youtube it. Or something. It's on Go! at about 7 pm on Sundays or something, I think. Google that too. My information may be inaccurate.
6. I have to go now and do uni work. I have to read "Film Art: An Introduction" which is far more than an introduction, let me tell you.
7 - which I just thought I'd cram in as I was leaving - Go read Scott Pilgrim!
10 days and I'll be writing!
NaNoWriMo begins at midnight, November 1st. There's still time to sign up! Do it. There's a link for their page if you scroll down a bit and look to the left where it says "wicked-awesome links" or something like that.
My plot is all mapped out. I have all the characters. The setting. The mystery. I have a narrator now, too. Double points for me. ^_^
I nearly signed this post as "see you in November" in hopes that you would sign up for NaNoWriMo, but since I will be writing all-November-long, I probably won't see you.
My plot is all mapped out. I have all the characters. The setting. The mystery. I have a narrator now, too. Double points for me. ^_^
I nearly signed this post as "see you in November" in hopes that you would sign up for NaNoWriMo, but since I will be writing all-November-long, I probably won't see you.
October 21, 2009
Rejoice!
We rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans 5:3-5
No one can knock you down when you stand with Christ.
Psalm 15
A psalm of David.
1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?Who may live on your holy hill?
2 He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart
3 and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,
4 who despises a vile man
but honors those who fear the LORD,
who keeps his oath
even when it hurts,
5 who lends his money without usury
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
will never be shaken.
October 14, 2009
A thirst for satisfaction.
It's a Friday evening. Your friend has just invited you to this really cool party that EVERYONE is going to tonight and it's been 3 years since you didn't go out on a Friday night because staying home is just waste of the start of your weekend. The weekend is what life is all about. Screw work and school and whatever, you wanna party!
So this party ... it's awesome. Or maybe it's not that great. But whatever, you're there to have fun so you drink yourself silly and dance the night away with a group of your friends ... you meant to be home at 2 but I guess those hours just slipped away....
At 7 in the morning maybe you made it home and are now lying on top your bed with half the clothes you wore to the party still on. You're good and tired and that hangover is really starting to get to you now so you try to sleep it off.
Awake again at 11:00, you kinda wasted what could've been a great morning shopping or seeing a movie or something, and that hangover is still clinging on....
You get a text from your friend saying there's an awesome party on in the city tonight and you totally have to be there. It's going to be sweet as.
Is this you? Maybe you know someone who does this. Lives for the weekend. Parties all night. But is it worth it? Was that party as great as it could have been? Are you going to parties and entertaining yourself with other high-adrenalined activities in an attempt to quench the overwhelming thirst to be satisfied with life?
Perhaps you're looking in the wrong place. Have you ever wondered why you can't seem to find simplistic happiness anymore? That ipod you just got - there's a newer version now and it holds 20 gigs more than the one you have and you've already run out of room. Your best friend just bought a car that runs faster than yours. The shoes you bought last month are already out of fashion.
The world seeks adrenaline and excitement. These days, it's hard to find things that make you really happy. Nothing lasts. Your sensations have been heightened by the pleasure you seek and numb you to the things you could find true satisfaction in.
All pleasure must be bought at a price. For true pleasure the price is paid before it is enjoyed. For false pleasure the price is paid after it is enjoyed. Remember that party you went to? It was great fun at the time, but now you've got a hangover.... Is this really true pleasure? Is what you experience at the party really worth hanging on to? You're seeking happiness in a place that will bring only fleeting pleasure - the few hours at the party. The couple of days that make up your weekend.
So, if you're read this, maybe now you're wondering where you can find true pleasure. This answer is simple - nothing in this world can bring you pleasure.
But hear this - Jesus CAN bring you eternal pleasure! He will quench your thirst for satisfaction.
Wait, wait - you're thinking. Jesus? But Christianity is restricting - I can't do the things I want to do! Christianity is like a straitjacket. I can't live a full life under Jesus.
But you can! John 10:10 says: "I have come so that they may have LIFE and have it to the FULL." Jesus is here so that you can live your life to its fullest.
God is not against pleasure. When He created the world, He made it to be pleasing to us. Read Genesis 2:9: "And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground - trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food."
See that? God made fruit to please us! And that's just one thing of many that He created for our pleasure.
We gain purpose in a relationship with Jesus. John 10: 1-21 says that Jesus is like a shepherd, and we are his sheep. He knows his sheep well and they know him by his voice. The shepherd would lay down his life for his sheep because he cares so deeply for them. The sheep know his voice and will listen to it, but will scatter when they are called by a stranger.
This is how we are like in the world. Jesus is there for us to guide us and give us a full life, safe with him and satisfied to the full. He laid down His life for us on the cross so that we might be saved. When the devil calls us to seek pleasure and satisfaction in other places, we scatter and are lost from Jesus.
But as his sheep we know His voice when he calls us back. Listen for Him. He is waiting for you. He is here so that we may live life to the full.
Think about the ways in which you seek pleasure. Do they bring you eternal satisfaction? No. Nothing on this earth can. And when we continue to seek for pleasure on this earth, our sensations are heightened so that it becomes harder and harder to find things here that please us. But Jesus can and will bring you satisfaction if you look to Him. He offers us more than this world ever can - eternal life and satisfaction. There is only one way to eternal satisfaction, and that is through Jesus, and if we find satisfaction in Jesus, we will also find satisfaction and simplistic happiness on this earth, knowing that one day He will return to bring us the gift of eternal life as he has promised. But the only way to receive the gift is to listen and believe this good news. Find Jesus, find satisfaction!
So this party ... it's awesome. Or maybe it's not that great. But whatever, you're there to have fun so you drink yourself silly and dance the night away with a group of your friends ... you meant to be home at 2 but I guess those hours just slipped away....
At 7 in the morning maybe you made it home and are now lying on top your bed with half the clothes you wore to the party still on. You're good and tired and that hangover is really starting to get to you now so you try to sleep it off.
Awake again at 11:00, you kinda wasted what could've been a great morning shopping or seeing a movie or something, and that hangover is still clinging on....
You get a text from your friend saying there's an awesome party on in the city tonight and you totally have to be there. It's going to be sweet as.
Is this you? Maybe you know someone who does this. Lives for the weekend. Parties all night. But is it worth it? Was that party as great as it could have been? Are you going to parties and entertaining yourself with other high-adrenalined activities in an attempt to quench the overwhelming thirst to be satisfied with life?
Perhaps you're looking in the wrong place. Have you ever wondered why you can't seem to find simplistic happiness anymore? That ipod you just got - there's a newer version now and it holds 20 gigs more than the one you have and you've already run out of room. Your best friend just bought a car that runs faster than yours. The shoes you bought last month are already out of fashion.
The world seeks adrenaline and excitement. These days, it's hard to find things that make you really happy. Nothing lasts. Your sensations have been heightened by the pleasure you seek and numb you to the things you could find true satisfaction in.
All pleasure must be bought at a price. For true pleasure the price is paid before it is enjoyed. For false pleasure the price is paid after it is enjoyed. Remember that party you went to? It was great fun at the time, but now you've got a hangover.... Is this really true pleasure? Is what you experience at the party really worth hanging on to? You're seeking happiness in a place that will bring only fleeting pleasure - the few hours at the party. The couple of days that make up your weekend.
So, if you're read this, maybe now you're wondering where you can find true pleasure. This answer is simple - nothing in this world can bring you pleasure.
But hear this - Jesus CAN bring you eternal pleasure! He will quench your thirst for satisfaction.
Wait, wait - you're thinking. Jesus? But Christianity is restricting - I can't do the things I want to do! Christianity is like a straitjacket. I can't live a full life under Jesus.
But you can! John 10:10 says: "I have come so that they may have LIFE and have it to the FULL." Jesus is here so that you can live your life to its fullest.
God is not against pleasure. When He created the world, He made it to be pleasing to us. Read Genesis 2:9: "And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground - trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food."
See that? God made fruit to please us! And that's just one thing of many that He created for our pleasure.
We gain purpose in a relationship with Jesus. John 10: 1-21 says that Jesus is like a shepherd, and we are his sheep. He knows his sheep well and they know him by his voice. The shepherd would lay down his life for his sheep because he cares so deeply for them. The sheep know his voice and will listen to it, but will scatter when they are called by a stranger.
This is how we are like in the world. Jesus is there for us to guide us and give us a full life, safe with him and satisfied to the full. He laid down His life for us on the cross so that we might be saved. When the devil calls us to seek pleasure and satisfaction in other places, we scatter and are lost from Jesus.
But as his sheep we know His voice when he calls us back. Listen for Him. He is waiting for you. He is here so that we may live life to the full.
Think about the ways in which you seek pleasure. Do they bring you eternal satisfaction? No. Nothing on this earth can. And when we continue to seek for pleasure on this earth, our sensations are heightened so that it becomes harder and harder to find things here that please us. But Jesus can and will bring you satisfaction if you look to Him. He offers us more than this world ever can - eternal life and satisfaction. There is only one way to eternal satisfaction, and that is through Jesus, and if we find satisfaction in Jesus, we will also find satisfaction and simplistic happiness on this earth, knowing that one day He will return to bring us the gift of eternal life as he has promised. But the only way to receive the gift is to listen and believe this good news. Find Jesus, find satisfaction!
The blog to start blogging again
Hello! I haven't been here for a while. But that's ok, because I'm going to start blogging again now! I need a topic of interest to start upon ... oh! NaNoWriMo! National Novel Writing Month! Look it up. If you are a writer, or want to be a writer (like me) then NaNoWriMo just might be for you. My novel planning is pretty much complete and I'm waiting anxiously for November to come. November is THE MONTH for NaNo. So look it up while you still have time! Here's a picture for you to get you even more interested....
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