Sometimes these blogs are intimidating. I can say anything I want, but what if some day it is used in a court of law against me. If this journal is for therapy than why am I crazy enough to publish it. Except that this journal IS a self-proclaimed treatment for my dying right brain. So, maybe subconsciously I need the "cyber space" accountability to continue the discipline of journaling. So, why do I have this strange fear of communicating. Thoughts, in and of themselves are not sins. It's what we do with them. We must take every thought captive... before it becomes a blog. Maybe it's that I fear that my thoughts will somehow, somewhere get in the way...
So, what are my thoughts right now?
well. I'm thinking about people in general. The human race. The right now: 6,528,089,562 people-creations in the world that are extentions of God's handiwork and image. I'm thinking about personalities, gifts, talents, goals, opportunities, character, purpose. I'm thinking about basics: water, food, family.
This weekend I spent time with a friend of mine who is of a different culture, language, and country. She sews, cooks, works, shops, plans, dreams, spends time with her boyfriend and excercises. Is that all? Is that who she is? What makes her unique? Is it that easy to sum up a person. A Person?
Surely we are more than just creations of God. We are more than our interests and talents. We are more than even our self-proclaimed ethics and dreams. But then again, maybe not.
What if that is essentially who we are. Or at least a part of who we are: creations of God that are uniquely defined by our personalities, interests, character, and God 'grace given qualities'.
Maybe it's not the individual differences that make us totally who we are, maybe the definition lies in how we relate to one another. After all, God could have created Adam and then stopped. He could have created one world for each individual human being to enjoy by him or herself. But what good is life without sharing it with someone? What good is our interests if they cannot be enjoyed with someone? What is character and personality if not definied by the differences in the characters and personalities of others around us?
What is light without darkness? Good without the bad? Rest without weariness? Health without sickness? Richness without poverty?
My friend right now is living for a happy and fulfilled moment. Her definition of who she is boils down to four things: health, travel, money, and love. Without these ingredients she quickly becomes sad and life is not worth living. My friend knows of God but does not know God. How can God 'technically' help her? She needs money to pay the bills, electricity to cook, water to wash, and health to enjoy life. God is too busy and too far away to worry about her life.
So what's wrong with this picture? Lot's of people live this way and are happy for a long time.
So what.
What if she believed what God said about her? What if she believed that she was carefully and flawlessly designed by the God of the universe for His purpose and glory? What if she knew that God was able to make her truly happy and fulfilled and have a life to the fullest?
I hope someday that my sweet, talented friend will open her heart to the one relationship that matters. The one with Jesus Christ, the Godson. I hope that my friend will find that God speaks her language; her emotional, girly, language. I hope that her understanding of life and love and relationships will grow. I hope that my efforts of relating to her in her language and life interests are helpful and not distracting. I truly pray that I do not get in the way of God's pursuit of her heart.
"11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."
Ephesians 4:11-13
So, what are my thoughts right now?
well. I'm thinking about people in general. The human race. The right now: 6,528,089,562 people-creations in the world that are extentions of God's handiwork and image. I'm thinking about personalities, gifts, talents, goals, opportunities, character, purpose. I'm thinking about basics: water, food, family.
This weekend I spent time with a friend of mine who is of a different culture, language, and country. She sews, cooks, works, shops, plans, dreams, spends time with her boyfriend and excercises. Is that all? Is that who she is? What makes her unique? Is it that easy to sum up a person. A Person?
Surely we are more than just creations of God. We are more than our interests and talents. We are more than even our self-proclaimed ethics and dreams. But then again, maybe not.
What if that is essentially who we are. Or at least a part of who we are: creations of God that are uniquely defined by our personalities, interests, character, and God 'grace given qualities'.
Maybe it's not the individual differences that make us totally who we are, maybe the definition lies in how we relate to one another. After all, God could have created Adam and then stopped. He could have created one world for each individual human being to enjoy by him or herself. But what good is life without sharing it with someone? What good is our interests if they cannot be enjoyed with someone? What is character and personality if not definied by the differences in the characters and personalities of others around us?
What is light without darkness? Good without the bad? Rest without weariness? Health without sickness? Richness without poverty?
My friend right now is living for a happy and fulfilled moment. Her definition of who she is boils down to four things: health, travel, money, and love. Without these ingredients she quickly becomes sad and life is not worth living. My friend knows of God but does not know God. How can God 'technically' help her? She needs money to pay the bills, electricity to cook, water to wash, and health to enjoy life. God is too busy and too far away to worry about her life.
So what's wrong with this picture? Lot's of people live this way and are happy for a long time.
So what.
What if she believed what God said about her? What if she believed that she was carefully and flawlessly designed by the God of the universe for His purpose and glory? What if she knew that God was able to make her truly happy and fulfilled and have a life to the fullest?
I hope someday that my sweet, talented friend will open her heart to the one relationship that matters. The one with Jesus Christ, the Godson. I hope that my friend will find that God speaks her language; her emotional, girly, language. I hope that her understanding of life and love and relationships will grow. I hope that my efforts of relating to her in her language and life interests are helpful and not distracting. I truly pray that I do not get in the way of God's pursuit of her heart.
"11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."
Ephesians 4:11-13
2 comments:
Girl! You amaze me! Thanks for being so intune...and if this is just "winging" it...you've got another career choice in writing. But I guess 10 years of school will help you with that huh? I miss you and enjoyed reading...more please! Heidi
wow, talk about talented....ever thought of writing a novel? whew... maybe someday someone would love reading aboutyour adventures...dad is jealous that you get to see the world and he doesn't!
mom
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