Hello, this is me feeling inspired to write a blog post. Seeing as I haven't done so in quite some time, I'll try to make this worth it, but no promises! :)
Last night I was just kinda flipping through Romans, and my favorite chapter appeared which is Romans 12. Romans 12 is definitely my favorite chapter of the bible right now, it's just so good.
Romans 12:6-8 says, "(6) In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. (7) If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.(8) If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly."
I love this passage because it's so simple, but so encouraging. I believe that some of us have gifts that dominate our being. Maybe it's a sport, maybe it's doing crafts, maybe it's singing, or dancing...or writing?
You see, maybe one of my gifts is writing, and maybe this is how I'm supposed to use it, you know? I mean, I've known this since I started this blog, but now it's sort of set in stone. I have a sort of proof that this is me, and this is how I be me.
My favorite part of the verse is probably Romans 12:9-21 which is the rest of the verse. I really encourage you to pick up a bible and read the whole of Romans, or just Romans 12 if you're not feeling too ambitious, but please read some of it somewhere and sometime today. :)
On a side note, what's your favorite book/verse/passage of the bible and what is you gift or gifts that God had given you?
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
I Feel Different
I know, we're all supposed to be different people with different ambitions, thoughts, ideas, and everything, but sometimes I feel so different that it's almost as if I'm not even a person at all.
I've always been an independent person. Not just generally, but with my thoughts as well. I like being independent. I like being me. I like it a lot, but the worst part is everyone isn't independent.
It seems like everybody's dependent on something or someone. Lately, I've seen people dependent on cultures, society, unreliable people, the ideas of their parents, the pressure of their peers...it's kind of sick. We depend on all of these things and people, but we don't stop for a moment and think that maybe, just maybe, we're letting the most unimportant and shallow things run our lives. It's just heartbreaking.
The worst part is that we do it without even realizing it. We sit here and we depend on things that shouldn't matter.
The most obviously example is girls who are literally perfect, but they sit there and they diet, and they exercise, and they essentially are killing themselves. It's sick. They sit there and they rely on what society says. I think it's important to stay healthy, but you don't stay healthy by starving yourself. How can something so simple be so freaking hard to get across to people?
I think that the key to real individualism is being independent. I feel like I'm an outsider looking in because everyone around me seems to be so ridiculously dependent on something or someone. We're all our own people, we can be who we want, and we can make our own decisions. It's like the question my mom recently posed,"How many rebellious teens are really just independent? Think about it."
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If we should depend on anyone, let us depend on God.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. --Psalm 118:8
I've always been an independent person. Not just generally, but with my thoughts as well. I like being independent. I like being me. I like it a lot, but the worst part is everyone isn't independent.
It seems like everybody's dependent on something or someone. Lately, I've seen people dependent on cultures, society, unreliable people, the ideas of their parents, the pressure of their peers...it's kind of sick. We depend on all of these things and people, but we don't stop for a moment and think that maybe, just maybe, we're letting the most unimportant and shallow things run our lives. It's just heartbreaking.
The worst part is that we do it without even realizing it. We sit here and we depend on things that shouldn't matter.
The most obviously example is girls who are literally perfect, but they sit there and they diet, and they exercise, and they essentially are killing themselves. It's sick. They sit there and they rely on what society says. I think it's important to stay healthy, but you don't stay healthy by starving yourself. How can something so simple be so freaking hard to get across to people?
I think that the key to real individualism is being independent. I feel like I'm an outsider looking in because everyone around me seems to be so ridiculously dependent on something or someone. We're all our own people, we can be who we want, and we can make our own decisions. It's like the question my mom recently posed,"How many rebellious teens are really just independent? Think about it."
...
If we should depend on anyone, let us depend on God.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. --Psalm 118:8
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