Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Vain Imaginations: Deferred Hope
So I stand and watch you walk by,
the thoughts in my mind I try to hide,
I know the past can never be redone,
so I'll have to let go of what I've made
in my mind,
I'll bury it all in a grave, marked to say
"The things that I once thought". #goodbyetovainimaginations
Vain Imaginations...We are warned to fend them off, we are warned to keep ourselves from getting caught up in vain imaginations. But how often we do! I think the 'World' encourages 'Vain imaginations'; It encourages thinking things that aren't based on reality, but instead, the way we 'feel'.
Feelings cannot always be trusted, but it all depends on what they are based upon. If feelings are based on obedience and surrender to God, then God can use them to guard us, but if they are based on our own 'vain imaginations' or 'flesh' then they can get us into trouble.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the the pulling down of strongholds) 5 Casting down imaginations, reasoning, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7. Do you look on things after the outward appearance? 2 Cor 10: 3-7
Do you ever imagine something so well that you think it is real? We human beings have a tendency to get ourselves in a lot of trouble because we believe things that aren't true. Sometimes we hope for things that will never be, or should never be, but there's something inside that makes us desire what 'we can't have' or the impossible. Sometimes this is just stirred by rebellion, other times I wonder what it is caused by...The Bible says in Proverbs 13:12 that 'Hope' deferred make the heart sick...It's true. You see I don't know what goes on in every person's head, but I know for a fact that some of us have a tendency to imagine things, believe in their significance (believe things, people, offers are as we imagine them) ...but when things fall apart, we hope and hope, that things will turn out, or we will happen as we imagine, but it's nothing more than getting caught up in vain imaginations...and having our hope deferred.
We are warned in the bible to guard our minds and hearts...When we imagine things, get caught up in our dreaming, and base the future on 'things we imagined' but not 'the will of God' we set ourselves up for an emotional let down. We weren't designed to believe or hope for things that won't come to pass. It's because we let our fleshes lead the way, it's because we let ourselves become attached to our own ideas for our lives, our relationships, etc...that we come to ruin.
A lot of times we let our own desire/ 'vanity' lead the way. Not that everything that we hope for that doesn't turn out, is based on unnatural desires, or 'bad' things, but the fact is... anything that isn't surrendered to God, is vanity. Your thoughts, your hopes, your dreams, your goals, your relationships...if they aren't surrendered to God, they are vanity...And so, as Solomon realized in His book of Ecclesiastes.
I said in mine heart, Go to now, "I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure; and behold this also is vanity....
In Ecclesiaties 2: 4-9 Solomon expresses how he was successful, and did many 'great' things for himself. Kind of like us, when we go to college, buy a house, land a good job...But Solomon realized that in the end, that it all was 'vain' to base his life on.
And in chapter 10 verse 14 he says "A fool...also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?"
If we cannot tell what shall be, why is it we put our hope so much in things that are uncertain? And usually, we put our hope in things that are vanity. Not that we cannot have desires, not that we shouldn't want things...but they are vain if we 'live' for them, before putting Christ first. I think anyone who isn't willing to place his life in the hands of Christ, not only clings to vanity, but puts his hope in vanity. This is where man puts his trust in 'Vain' Imaginations, before putting it in God himself.
Even those of us who say we give our lives to the Lord to do with them as he sees fit, even those of us who say we surrender our past, present, and future to Him...we tend to do exactly the opposite and put our faith in vain imaginations, or our own reasoning, or our own desire for vanity. Nothing, my friends is a holy desire, if it comes before God Himself, or 'His' will.
A lot of times we put our hope in things that aren't even feasible, or beneficial. Thank goodness, we have a God who watches over us, and is 'gracious' towards us. He is merciful, and faithful, even at times when we get distracted by the world and it's offers. What is important though...is that we come to realize 'what it is we are putting our hope in'. If we are putting our hope in things for our own glory, or putting our hope in things, or 'going hard' after things, people, jobs etc...and then ask God to 'bless' it after we have already set our heart on it...it's kind of like an oxymoron.
What I mean is, we sometimes take the whole 'relationship with God' thing, backwards. We act as if we should have the control over our own lives, and then ask God for his help when things aren't turning out as 'we' want, or plan. I think God wants us to come to Him first. I think the wiser way to go, is to come to God 'first' with our imaginations, our hopes, our goals, our dreams...and ask Him 'His' will. Because God's 'will' is always the 'best' way. Some people think that asking God's 'will' means putting our perfect dreams into a vending machine mixed with all sorts of other stuff , and watching what God will pull out for you. Inside, we don't admit it, but it really seems more like 'giving up on what we love'. This is because, we don't 'know' the truth on who God is, and a lot of us who have heard, don't 'believe' it.
People have the wrong view on God's Commands... God's will... and 'Surrender'.
They would rather not hear about finding their purpose in Christ, because frankly it just seems too 'ariy'. It's not what they want to hear...and they don't understand it.
I mentioned that some folks have the wrong view on God's commands. For example; a lot of teens have the wrong view on 'their own parents' commands. Now, not everyone has 'perfect' parents, but we must realize that 'God' 'is' the 'perfect', 'most awesome' 'parent'. He's not fallible, not ever changing in His love and desire for You, and He wants to you be full of 'Joy', 'Peace', and the overwhelming sense of 'belonging' to Him. He doesn't want you to feel like an orphan, and he doesn't want you to act like He isn't the 'inventor' of 'cool', because He is. The Lord has 'plans' for You. His plans aren't always what we imagine, because His plans are based on 'His' 'will'. It's God's 'will' and 'purpose' for You, to be a light in the darkness. It's God will and purpose for you, to not only draw closer to Him, but to become completely dependant, and fall in love with Him. You might be thinking, well, that's just what I don't want, to be 'dependant' or 'belong' to anybody.
Why do we think this way? Well, because we would rather live for our own vanity. What we don't realize is that vanity means (vapor)....Our vanities are passing away, here one day, and gone the other. Everything in life fades away, except the love of God. We are living for things, and pushing God away from consuming us, because we want to live for our 'vain imaginations', before all else. We have made gods, idols, out of our own plans for our lives, and our own hopes.
What we don't understand is that the only way to truly 'live' and 'be inwardly satisfied' is to be consumed by love. This is a great purpose of our lives. We do not live until we experience love. God is love, and love comes from God. And until we realize that we only live by surrendering to love, we will continue to live vane lives that revolve around ourselves...Vapor lives, that will not survive us after we are dead and gone.
It is all too common for us girls, and guys to plan things, imagine things, hope for things, that aren't God's will..and then blame Him for not making our plans succeed. We set our selves up to fall down. How? We do not let Him lead us each step of the way. We place our hope in our dreams, before we place our hope in the Lord. We believe in our own ability, more than we believe/Trust God. We don't trust Him with our lives, because we think we are being faithful to our goals or dreams, when in reality we are failing to live our Creator's will for our lives. A lot of times our own imagined fantasies, are more real and legit to us that the truth. Which is why we fight for them, at times against God. When in reality, God is trying to hand us something better, but we want what we have put our hope in, that which we don't realize will only defer our hope, and scar us with disappointment.
There is so much Joy, inner peace, and contentment to be found in a live totally dependant on God...if we put our hope in God, and place our faith in Him first; we will not let our hope be abused.
Also I know I mentioned that some folks don't have the proper view on God's commands, and Surrender. These are big enough topics to make separate blog posts about, but I will just start up on what I meant...
I know people, and meet people that wasted their lives away on 'vain imaginations' or 'false hope'. They believed the world could offer them the fulfillment that they desired, and trust me, none of them, who knew the truth didn't end up scared in some way. I feel bad for so many of the people out there, especially youth, who grew up without knowing or believing the truth, and so they set their hearts up to be broken, they bodies to be soiled, their hopes to be rotted. God tells us the right way to go in all things in His word, but there are some things that it does not say 'right out' this does not mean, that God has not showed us the right way to go about doing things, and living, so that we will not set our hearts on vain imaginations, or things that will only make our hope defer.
A lot of times we place our hope in vain imaginations, when we do not trust, or live according to the will of God, or by the wisdom He has given us, or those around us to council us. God tells us the right way to go, and gave us commands in scripture....SO that we will be blessed, healthy, fruitful, prosperous!! In life it's always a choice between...the 'bad' and the 'good' the 'good' and the 'best'. Sometimes we think that that we are wise because we aren't living a life of sin, but this doesn't mean that we are always choosing to live in the fullness of what God would have for us. A lot of times we let our own impatience, and desire lead us in settling for mediocre, when we could have 'the best'. But we can only have 'the best' through Christ.
If we put our hope in our own ability, we will realize that we let ourselves down. If we put our hope or faith in other people, we will come to realize that people can also let us down. If we put our hope in dreams, or earthly desires, we will realize that things are less certain than we imagine, and that nothing can fill the place of Christ. We may think we know what we want, and that that will fulfill us, but the truth is we resort to vain imaginations many a times, we go back to searching for things we shouldn't, because we have an emptiness inside that only God can fill up. We tell ourselves that's not it, it's because we were made to have what we desire, but truly it's because our hearts want something to pursue, to pursue something that will fill us, something that is worth placing our hope in, something that can take us to places greater than we see around us, something or someone that will make us feel more than a merit less soul. We want purpose, we want to fight for something, we want to imagine something that is greater than what we already have, we want a fulfilling relationship...and none of this is wrong, because honestly, what we want is something we overlook, something that we've been offered, but yet we replace...
Jesus.
Yes.
He is.
What you want.
What you need.
Proverbs 13:12 ~ Hope deferred makes the heart sick...but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Let's stop setting ourselves up for deferred hope. Let's instead put our faith, hope in God himself. Because He is what we really need.
See how Solomon sums his book up:
in chapter 12: verse 8, he says "Vanity of Vanities...all is Vanity"....
But He concludes thus:
12:13 'The End of the matter; all has been heard, Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of Man'....
We must be willing to 'surrender' our thoughts to God...We must not only, 'say' that we give our lives to Him, but we must not let ourselves get caught up in a worship (continual pondering) for what we want, when God tells us not to. The fact is we do this with things that is not God's will. We try to run our own lives, and we place our faith in things that have not be established or approved by God for our lives. We not only place our faith in things that are not reality, or beneficial possibility, but we let our own impatience, or flesh lead the way, and our imaginations soar without holy restraint. We must be willing to give our imaginations, our dreams our desires up to God.
God wants us to place our faith and hope in Him. He won't let us down. 'Seek Him'. Also, seek Him and He will give you the desires of your heart; because the heart that seeks after God, puts Him first, and God will give him the other things, because He knows they aren't what He 'serves'. Consider, that some of the things you may desire, that you feel God hasn't helped you attain, or given you, may be because the only reason you are seeking God, is to receive them. God wants to be God, in your life. Above your hopes, above your dreams, above your relationships, above yourself.
Don't let your hope be deferred!
The Lord knows those who put their Trust In 'Him'.
the thoughts in my mind I try to hide,
I know the past can never be redone,
so I'll have to let go of what I've made
in my mind,
I'll bury it all in a grave, marked to say
"The things that I once thought". #goodbyetovainimaginations
Vain Imaginations...We are warned to fend them off, we are warned to keep ourselves from getting caught up in vain imaginations. But how often we do! I think the 'World' encourages 'Vain imaginations'; It encourages thinking things that aren't based on reality, but instead, the way we 'feel'.
Feelings cannot always be trusted, but it all depends on what they are based upon. If feelings are based on obedience and surrender to God, then God can use them to guard us, but if they are based on our own 'vain imaginations' or 'flesh' then they can get us into trouble.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the the pulling down of strongholds) 5 Casting down imaginations, reasoning, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7. Do you look on things after the outward appearance? 2 Cor 10: 3-7
Do you ever imagine something so well that you think it is real? We human beings have a tendency to get ourselves in a lot of trouble because we believe things that aren't true. Sometimes we hope for things that will never be, or should never be, but there's something inside that makes us desire what 'we can't have' or the impossible. Sometimes this is just stirred by rebellion, other times I wonder what it is caused by...The Bible says in Proverbs 13:12 that 'Hope' deferred make the heart sick...It's true. You see I don't know what goes on in every person's head, but I know for a fact that some of us have a tendency to imagine things, believe in their significance (believe things, people, offers are as we imagine them) ...but when things fall apart, we hope and hope, that things will turn out, or we will happen as we imagine, but it's nothing more than getting caught up in vain imaginations...and having our hope deferred.
We are warned in the bible to guard our minds and hearts...When we imagine things, get caught up in our dreaming, and base the future on 'things we imagined' but not 'the will of God' we set ourselves up for an emotional let down. We weren't designed to believe or hope for things that won't come to pass. It's because we let our fleshes lead the way, it's because we let ourselves become attached to our own ideas for our lives, our relationships, etc...that we come to ruin.
A lot of times we let our own desire/ 'vanity' lead the way. Not that everything that we hope for that doesn't turn out, is based on unnatural desires, or 'bad' things, but the fact is... anything that isn't surrendered to God, is vanity. Your thoughts, your hopes, your dreams, your goals, your relationships...if they aren't surrendered to God, they are vanity...And so, as Solomon realized in His book of Ecclesiastes.
I said in mine heart, Go to now, "I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure; and behold this also is vanity....
In Ecclesiaties 2: 4-9 Solomon expresses how he was successful, and did many 'great' things for himself. Kind of like us, when we go to college, buy a house, land a good job...But Solomon realized that in the end, that it all was 'vain' to base his life on.
And in chapter 10 verse 14 he says "A fool...also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?"
If we cannot tell what shall be, why is it we put our hope so much in things that are uncertain? And usually, we put our hope in things that are vanity. Not that we cannot have desires, not that we shouldn't want things...but they are vain if we 'live' for them, before putting Christ first. I think anyone who isn't willing to place his life in the hands of Christ, not only clings to vanity, but puts his hope in vanity. This is where man puts his trust in 'Vain' Imaginations, before putting it in God himself.
Even those of us who say we give our lives to the Lord to do with them as he sees fit, even those of us who say we surrender our past, present, and future to Him...we tend to do exactly the opposite and put our faith in vain imaginations, or our own reasoning, or our own desire for vanity. Nothing, my friends is a holy desire, if it comes before God Himself, or 'His' will.
A lot of times we put our hope in things that aren't even feasible, or beneficial. Thank goodness, we have a God who watches over us, and is 'gracious' towards us. He is merciful, and faithful, even at times when we get distracted by the world and it's offers. What is important though...is that we come to realize 'what it is we are putting our hope in'. If we are putting our hope in things for our own glory, or putting our hope in things, or 'going hard' after things, people, jobs etc...and then ask God to 'bless' it after we have already set our heart on it...it's kind of like an oxymoron.
What I mean is, we sometimes take the whole 'relationship with God' thing, backwards. We act as if we should have the control over our own lives, and then ask God for his help when things aren't turning out as 'we' want, or plan. I think God wants us to come to Him first. I think the wiser way to go, is to come to God 'first' with our imaginations, our hopes, our goals, our dreams...and ask Him 'His' will. Because God's 'will' is always the 'best' way. Some people think that asking God's 'will' means putting our perfect dreams into a vending machine mixed with all sorts of other stuff , and watching what God will pull out for you. Inside, we don't admit it, but it really seems more like 'giving up on what we love'. This is because, we don't 'know' the truth on who God is, and a lot of us who have heard, don't 'believe' it.
People have the wrong view on God's Commands... God's will... and 'Surrender'.
They would rather not hear about finding their purpose in Christ, because frankly it just seems too 'ariy'. It's not what they want to hear...and they don't understand it.
I mentioned that some folks have the wrong view on God's commands. For example; a lot of teens have the wrong view on 'their own parents' commands. Now, not everyone has 'perfect' parents, but we must realize that 'God' 'is' the 'perfect', 'most awesome' 'parent'. He's not fallible, not ever changing in His love and desire for You, and He wants to you be full of 'Joy', 'Peace', and the overwhelming sense of 'belonging' to Him. He doesn't want you to feel like an orphan, and he doesn't want you to act like He isn't the 'inventor' of 'cool', because He is. The Lord has 'plans' for You. His plans aren't always what we imagine, because His plans are based on 'His' 'will'. It's God's 'will' and 'purpose' for You, to be a light in the darkness. It's God will and purpose for you, to not only draw closer to Him, but to become completely dependant, and fall in love with Him. You might be thinking, well, that's just what I don't want, to be 'dependant' or 'belong' to anybody.
Why do we think this way? Well, because we would rather live for our own vanity. What we don't realize is that vanity means (vapor)....Our vanities are passing away, here one day, and gone the other. Everything in life fades away, except the love of God. We are living for things, and pushing God away from consuming us, because we want to live for our 'vain imaginations', before all else. We have made gods, idols, out of our own plans for our lives, and our own hopes.
What we don't understand is that the only way to truly 'live' and 'be inwardly satisfied' is to be consumed by love. This is a great purpose of our lives. We do not live until we experience love. God is love, and love comes from God. And until we realize that we only live by surrendering to love, we will continue to live vane lives that revolve around ourselves...Vapor lives, that will not survive us after we are dead and gone.
It is all too common for us girls, and guys to plan things, imagine things, hope for things, that aren't God's will..and then blame Him for not making our plans succeed. We set our selves up to fall down. How? We do not let Him lead us each step of the way. We place our hope in our dreams, before we place our hope in the Lord. We believe in our own ability, more than we believe/Trust God. We don't trust Him with our lives, because we think we are being faithful to our goals or dreams, when in reality we are failing to live our Creator's will for our lives. A lot of times our own imagined fantasies, are more real and legit to us that the truth. Which is why we fight for them, at times against God. When in reality, God is trying to hand us something better, but we want what we have put our hope in, that which we don't realize will only defer our hope, and scar us with disappointment.
There is so much Joy, inner peace, and contentment to be found in a live totally dependant on God...if we put our hope in God, and place our faith in Him first; we will not let our hope be abused.
Also I know I mentioned that some folks don't have the proper view on God's commands, and Surrender. These are big enough topics to make separate blog posts about, but I will just start up on what I meant...
I know people, and meet people that wasted their lives away on 'vain imaginations' or 'false hope'. They believed the world could offer them the fulfillment that they desired, and trust me, none of them, who knew the truth didn't end up scared in some way. I feel bad for so many of the people out there, especially youth, who grew up without knowing or believing the truth, and so they set their hearts up to be broken, they bodies to be soiled, their hopes to be rotted. God tells us the right way to go in all things in His word, but there are some things that it does not say 'right out' this does not mean, that God has not showed us the right way to go about doing things, and living, so that we will not set our hearts on vain imaginations, or things that will only make our hope defer.
A lot of times we place our hope in vain imaginations, when we do not trust, or live according to the will of God, or by the wisdom He has given us, or those around us to council us. God tells us the right way to go, and gave us commands in scripture....SO that we will be blessed, healthy, fruitful, prosperous!! In life it's always a choice between...the 'bad' and the 'good' the 'good' and the 'best'. Sometimes we think that that we are wise because we aren't living a life of sin, but this doesn't mean that we are always choosing to live in the fullness of what God would have for us. A lot of times we let our own impatience, and desire lead us in settling for mediocre, when we could have 'the best'. But we can only have 'the best' through Christ.
If we put our hope in our own ability, we will realize that we let ourselves down. If we put our hope or faith in other people, we will come to realize that people can also let us down. If we put our hope in dreams, or earthly desires, we will realize that things are less certain than we imagine, and that nothing can fill the place of Christ. We may think we know what we want, and that that will fulfill us, but the truth is we resort to vain imaginations many a times, we go back to searching for things we shouldn't, because we have an emptiness inside that only God can fill up. We tell ourselves that's not it, it's because we were made to have what we desire, but truly it's because our hearts want something to pursue, to pursue something that will fill us, something that is worth placing our hope in, something that can take us to places greater than we see around us, something or someone that will make us feel more than a merit less soul. We want purpose, we want to fight for something, we want to imagine something that is greater than what we already have, we want a fulfilling relationship...and none of this is wrong, because honestly, what we want is something we overlook, something that we've been offered, but yet we replace...
Jesus.
Yes.
He is.
What you want.
What you need.
Proverbs 13:12 ~ Hope deferred makes the heart sick...but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Let's stop setting ourselves up for deferred hope. Let's instead put our faith, hope in God himself. Because He is what we really need.
See how Solomon sums his book up:
in chapter 12: verse 8, he says "Vanity of Vanities...all is Vanity"....
But He concludes thus:
12:13 'The End of the matter; all has been heard, Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of Man'....
We must be willing to 'surrender' our thoughts to God...We must not only, 'say' that we give our lives to Him, but we must not let ourselves get caught up in a worship (continual pondering) for what we want, when God tells us not to. The fact is we do this with things that is not God's will. We try to run our own lives, and we place our faith in things that have not be established or approved by God for our lives. We not only place our faith in things that are not reality, or beneficial possibility, but we let our own impatience, or flesh lead the way, and our imaginations soar without holy restraint. We must be willing to give our imaginations, our dreams our desires up to God.
God wants us to place our faith and hope in Him. He won't let us down. 'Seek Him'. Also, seek Him and He will give you the desires of your heart; because the heart that seeks after God, puts Him first, and God will give him the other things, because He knows they aren't what He 'serves'. Consider, that some of the things you may desire, that you feel God hasn't helped you attain, or given you, may be because the only reason you are seeking God, is to receive them. God wants to be God, in your life. Above your hopes, above your dreams, above your relationships, above yourself.
Don't let your hope be deferred!
The Lord knows those who put their Trust In 'Him'.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Choice: When Passions Grow Dim and Hearts Grow Cold
There's a lot of different choices we can make in life; but this blog post is particularly about a 'certain' choice....
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Going for My Goals
I've got a few creative/artistic outlets, gifts, talents that I would like to use....It just seems sometimes that the process is way too long in getting them out into the air. That really frustrates me. I like music a lot, I enjoy writing song lyrics especially, and putting together new songs and singing them...but sometimes I feel like it is one of my toughest areas of creativity, because it is the one that stretches me the furthest. It's not only confusing to me in many ways, but sometimes the way seems very dim and hopeless. Out of all of my talents, artistic expressions, gifts...this one's downs are the worst. And lately, it's easy to feel that I will never succeed in doing anything worth while with it, even though I've been told in the past that it is a gift I've been given. But, there's just sooo many strings attached to this package. Sometimes I worry that I will pull the wrong one, and the package will all fall apart, until nothing remains. So, yes I've been praying about it. I'm anxious, and I must admit, a bit pessimistic about it. No, it's not intentional, although pessimism is actually derived from a certain amount of doubt. Lately, I feel voiceless. Not only voiceless, but slightly afraid. Afraid that things will get too drawn out, I will fumble, and my goal will never be accomplished. I know, it's wrong to think that way. And like I said, this is the way I think when I am 'not' intending, it's kind of like 'subconsious'. I'm finding that not only have I become afraid of projecting (which I never was before) but I've nurtured again, the fear of 'failing'. I need to not be pessimistic about this. I just need to get my head up out of the fog, say a prayer in faith and do the dirty work. Pick up the weight of the package, and take it climb up hill. You see what makes my dreams weak, and what ever makes me weak, is when I have lost sight of the prize. The gift/ talent/ is nothing in it's self, if you don't have a purpose for it. Has my purpose dimmed? God, please...
I know, I'm nothing without You. Nothing without Love. I wish I wouldn't put up the walls, I wish my things weren't so complicated. Please Lord, give me the courage to face it all. I am weak, but You are strong. The Enemy, let him fall to the back. Doubt, let it pack up and leave. I walk ahead, I move forward, I re focus my eyes on the purpose. I surrender my fears, insecurities, failures to You, and in return You will give me Your peace. Thank You for Your patience. Let's do this!
I know, I'm nothing without You. Nothing without Love. I wish I wouldn't put up the walls, I wish my things weren't so complicated. Please Lord, give me the courage to face it all. I am weak, but You are strong. The Enemy, let him fall to the back. Doubt, let it pack up and leave. I walk ahead, I move forward, I re focus my eyes on the purpose. I surrender my fears, insecurities, failures to You, and in return You will give me Your peace. Thank You for Your patience. Let's do this!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Nothing is Worth it unless you Believe It
...Something I wrote last week on my other blog: http://www.christcenteredcreativity.blogspot.com/
~ Nothing is 'Worth it' Unless you 'Belive' it ~
I know. I know. It's back to those intangible words, those intangible concepts...those verbs that people take and make like they all hang on 'emotions', and 'feelings'. And you've probably had enough of that sort of advice. Seems everything depends on 'actions', and frankly you aren't motivated enough to make it through by your own will. You cannot muster it. You cannot 'make' yourself feel different. Or can you?
Did you know that 'nothing' is worth it; worth the 'feeling', worth the 'dedication', worth the 'striving', if you do not 'mentaly acknowledge it as so', if you do not 'believe' it is.
Test it on yourself. Test and see; nothing is possible for you if you don't give room for hope.
This does not mean you have to be doing something you 'like' to do in order to succeed. But it means, that no matter what you are doing, you must have some sort of 'hope' even if that is in a 'finish', or else you will not pull through. I've discovered even in my own life, that a lot of the things that I complain about, or just don't have the passion for, are things that either I tell myself I cannot accomplish, or tell myself 'are not worth it'. Because I know that if I 'think something is worth it' I give my all to it. But I also realize that if I 'believe' something is 'not worth getting passionate about, or giving my mind to' I cannot accomplish it. Sometimes this can be rather ridiculous, but for example; I have recently recognized this playing out with little things; such as getting up and making tea, sometimes in doing something for myself, or a favor for somebody else. If I do not to some degree 'let myself desire' or 'believe it is worth it' I am of little power to serve others, or even myself.
This also comes down to a certain other topic. Belief is based on receiving facts, trusting them, and acting on them.... But also on the topic of feeling... you must also be willing, and believe that it is 'worth while' to 'feel'. This is something I am just learning more about this past year. I, being not the very easily 'emotionaly' motivated kind of person in certain areas, has gradually let herself believe that most emotions are not only misleading, but immature. In short, I have believed before that 'emotions'...most...are just not 'worth it'. Inside.
And there is a common theme here. A lot of people who profess that they are not the 'passionate type', or even on other scales, 'the outgoing type', 'the religious type' etc... have taken aspects of their personalities, offenses from others, lies of Satan, and intertwined them to make a rope. They hang themselves from this rope, high above the rafters, overlooking society, and believe...they are somehow separated from humanity, and therefore nobeler. How they can confuse being agnostic with nobility I am yet to want to know. But the fact is, they do. It's not something they will admit, actually it's not something most consciously praise themselves for, it's more or less a deeper thing.
You know. Passion, motivation, feeling...they go deeper than you may realize. A lot of our personality, has a lot to do with our spirituality. Each of us have a different personal relationship with God. Not surprisingly, the way we communicate with others, is pretty similar to the way we communicate with God. Everybody has the right to the special way He communicates. Not everybody is the same. Not everybody feels the same, nor receives the same.
The important thing though, is not that we defend ourselves, but that we recognize lies, and do not believe them. So my question to you is; what is it that you believe is 'worth' it? This doesn't mean you have the same way of showing it as someone else does. But ask yourself, what is 'worth' it to you? If you ask yourself this, and cannot think of one thing, on any level that you would be willing to act on, I would say you could use a change in prospective.
The second question is this; what things have you told yourself 'are not worth it' when in reality, you put up walls from believing, or feeling it's worth. Man's will is a powerful thing. There is a lot to say about those who 'go hard', and actually 'believe' they can accomplish their goals. You will begin to get more from life, if you actually believe things are worth while, than not.
Beyond the fact, a lot of things we have to do in life are things we do not want to do, nor know why we have to do them. To a degree, that I hadn't realized before, you must have a certain amount of courage and mental motivation to do all most anything. Lately, I have been failing at this, because I have believed a few obvious misconceptions. Perhaps you can relate to some of the bellow...
1. That love in general, should depend on what I think of a person
2. That some things are not worth it, when in reality I am just letting
my 'lack of motivation' make my lazy
3. That the only things worth while are those that I can accomplish
without trial and error
4. That success is not a journey
5. That life is made up of sit, or run...not jog
These points...are untrue. Frankly, lies...
I want to live life to my fullest. I only have one life. I need to break out from the ropes that hold me back. Open up my eyes.
Love. You know what you believe about it is really a big factor. Because honestly, love is the biggest motivator. Second is 'Like' (when you like something so much it motivates you).
But, did you know that Love is not what most people think, or claim it is? The Fruit of Love, is actually actions that depend not on whether or not you 'like' a person etc...Love does not come down to that. Joy has also is common in this way to Love; both of them do 'not' and should 'not' depend on circumstances, or feelings. It's something that God motivates in us. Something we do not muster.
In so, a man cannot truly love without God. Nor have true 'Joy'.
A Man can be 'moral' according to his own 'ever subject to change', standards. And he can also have 'happiness', which is also subject to change, with his circumstances. But Love, and Joy...they are what lasts through fire. They are what upholds the martar though he be persecuted unto death.
So you may be the sort of person that doesn't much become motivated by 'emotions' as some. But real Love...real Joy; you should never give up on, or believe them to be of less power than they are. Keep them, and live by them.
Second Point; It's important that you realize, that nothing you do not believe is 'worth it' will you truly accomplish. You make yourself powerless, by your lack of belief. You have the power to choose, what you will let yourself believe to be true. Don't be lazy. It's not 'worth it'. Serve others. Do things as unto God. It's 'worth it'. I can't promise that I always let myself act on that, because I don't. I sometimes let my mental point of view, or will, apathize myself. I'm not proud of the fact. But I know it's true.
Think about what you may be missing out on, every time you close your eyes and choose to serve your own lack of care. When you serve others, you serve yourself. Also, If you cannot serve others, most likely you cannot serve yourself.
I've believed for example; that 'learning' some things, is not 'worth it'. I've believed that 'reading' to a great extent, is not 'worth my time', in the past, so therefore I have chained myself. And I have to work on giving my attention to some things.
I would recommend always having a openness to not only learn, but to discover things by yourself, so that you are not always dependant on teachers. God doesn't want to give us good minds, and us put them to waste. Sometimes that may mean putting them to waste on unnecessary study, wrong information, or education, but also this means putting up walls toward knowledge and learning.
Be open to bettering yourself. Yet lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways 'accnowledge Him'.
Point Three; The Best things in life, the most worth while things in life...are sometimes those that take a whole lot of effort to accomplish, obtain or live out. You have to be willing to believe that the price is worth the prize. This is all a matter of how you see the 'prize' its' self. Your view of the prize, will determine the motivation, and your willingness to pay the 'price' for it.
For example;
" The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; that which when a man has found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goes and sells all he has, and buyeth the field."
Again the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a Merchant man seeking godly pearls: Who when he found a one pearl of great price,went and sold all that he had and bought it". ~ Matthew 13: 44 -46
Don't believe that nothing is worth your tears, your strain, your sweat, and your devotion. It is not how Christ would have you live, and it is rejecting how God has purposed you. He 'wants' you to believe, and receive His love. He wants you to seek 'good', and sacrifice for it. Do not let little things hinder you from obtaining the prize. We have a tendency to inflate little things, and see them bigger than they are. They expand in our heads, and suffocate our hopes and aspirations. Don't give in. It's important that you do not coward, and give up to quickly. Life is not an accomplishment, nor is success without the track. There are obstacles, there are prices, and things you must do, in order to receive the prize. Remember also, that Success is made up of 'learning' and 'growing'. Success is a process, a 'life time' perhaps, when seen in close prospective. You can only do great things, if you are willing to do little things. For every great thing, whether that be in landing a good job, composing a symphony, building a sky scraper, etc...is also made up of little things, that make the big thing possible. Do not revolt the little things. Be full of courage, knowing that if you are honest, temperate, and give your best you will climb the ladder to bigger things. God gives us little things sometimes, as tests for what we will do with the bigger things. Focus on the prize. If the prize doesn't mean anything to you, than I doubt you will pay the price.
Point Four; We must realize that life is a journey. We must be courageous, give our best, and Trust God with the rest. Sometimes we may overlook the best possible gifts of our lives, if we think we should be in different places, with different people, in a different station, working a different job. Sometimes the grass may seem greener on the other side, but we must ask ourselves; "what makes that grass greener?" Is it a missing ingredient? Is it the way I view it? Or is it possible that I can cultivate the grass on this dull side, to one day grow just as green? These are the questions we should consider pondering. We should always do the best with what we have. Sure, things could be easier...but that doesn't mean they would be, or are, 'better'.
It is not enough that you do something great 'once' in your life, and think that will hold you over for the rest. It is not enough that you land a good job, make the grade, rescue the princess to make your life count. One act shouldn't be what you base your life upon. 'Success' is not a goal reached, but a life lived. It's what you do every day that counts, it's as if life counts entirely as a whole. Each day being the only whole you will ever live in. For once you are there in the day, you can not be certain of tomorrow. For Today, is truly, all we ever have.
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today?
Today is a gift, that is why they call it 'the present' ;) - Eleanor Roosevelt
Point Five: As much as we'd like to think it is. Life is not always as black and white as 'run' and 'stop' there is a lot of 'walking' and even 'jogging' that goes on for the individual. Just because things aren't like you, or I think they should be does not mean that they are not of purpose. Just because something is not 'the top' does not mean it is 'not worth climbing' in order to 'get to the top'. There are the storms in life, there are highs in life, and then there are those unfeeling, seemingly un-important times, where nothing seems to be happening...the dryness of the deserts of life. They eat at you worse than most anything... Because in a sense they are something we do not understand, something we cannot do much about. Also, take time to appreciate the times, the things, the scenery, 'inbetween'. Use the 'inbetween lands' as trusting grounds. And even if they seem worthless; you will look back one day and realize that they really were some of your deepest times of inward growth. The kind of growth that you cannot see when it is happening, the kind that takes place inside. Don't panic, don't scream, time will go on, and if you don't believe lies that say 'nothing is worth while' or 'nothing will get better' and choose to keep stepping forward, one foot in front of the other...you will one day leave the 'inbetween land' for 'higher' grounds.
I like Emerson's quote on success. But I'm going to tweak it a bit:
"To rejoice often and much, to earn the respect of wise people and the love of children, to learn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, offenses, let downs, and 'inbetween lands'... to appreciate true beauty, to think on good, acceptable, things, to serve others...to know that even one life has been touched by your own. Thus to hear "Well done my good and Faithful Servant". This is to have succeeded.
Some final quotes to sum up:
1. The love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self. - George Macdonald
2. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing
on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson
( You will invest your life in Something, or you will throw it away on Nothing. - Haddon Robinson)
3. We are blind until we see, That in the human plan, Nothing is worth the making
If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious, If man unbuilded goes?
In vain we build the world - Unless the builder grows. - Edwin Markham
4. Your life begins to change when you change something you do every day. - John C. Maxwell
5. Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot
be trusted to do big things. - Lawrence D. Bell
So, consider the boundaries you have made for yourself. Consider that which you believe. If you believe not, you will not put your foot forward, and from what you do not bank upon, you will not
receive from. Don't expect to wake up one day and expect to receive the fruit, of what you have
not worked for. The measure of a man's character is defined in how he reacts, and how he goes forth.
What is 'worth' it? You may not be the 'passionate type', you may not be the 'emotional type', you may not be the 'dreamer type', the 'get it done type', the 'doer'. But in life you will realize that sometimes we form our own boundaries, we take something of our personality, and use it as perhaps a 'cop out' or a 'clutch' or even... let it rule our lives. We become slaves to our inabilities, or our personalities. God wants to use 'you', you have special qualities, a special way you can shine His light, a unique way you can communicate, and also special talents, or ways that you particularly can serve. Ask God what these may be, discover who God made you. Do this so you won't miss out on your 'destiny' on earth, your 'purpose', so to say. Do this not only for yourself, but for others...and for God. But the fact is, you must believe that 'it' is worth it. That God is worth it, that others are worth it, and that it's all 'worth while'.
Ask God to free you from any lies you have believed. Take a breath. Choose to Love. Choose to Step forward. There may be bleak times, there may be things you can't made immediate sense of, there may be times of apathy...you may not become a 'different person', but what is important, is that you not only be 'you', but that you be 'the best you'...the you that is liberated, the you that is courageous, and the you that God would be proud of. To know that you gave your best, did your best...that's what's important. Seek God first, of course. Just remember. Believe to motivate you to receive. Run the race. Receive the crown. God has good things in store on earth for those who are willing to surrender to Him.
Believe it!
and Remember;
Sometimes
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare;
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult". - Seneca
~ Nothing is 'Worth it' Unless you 'Belive' it ~
I know. I know. It's back to those intangible words, those intangible concepts...those verbs that people take and make like they all hang on 'emotions', and 'feelings'. And you've probably had enough of that sort of advice. Seems everything depends on 'actions', and frankly you aren't motivated enough to make it through by your own will. You cannot muster it. You cannot 'make' yourself feel different. Or can you?
Did you know that 'nothing' is worth it; worth the 'feeling', worth the 'dedication', worth the 'striving', if you do not 'mentaly acknowledge it as so', if you do not 'believe' it is.
Test it on yourself. Test and see; nothing is possible for you if you don't give room for hope.
This does not mean you have to be doing something you 'like' to do in order to succeed. But it means, that no matter what you are doing, you must have some sort of 'hope' even if that is in a 'finish', or else you will not pull through. I've discovered even in my own life, that a lot of the things that I complain about, or just don't have the passion for, are things that either I tell myself I cannot accomplish, or tell myself 'are not worth it'. Because I know that if I 'think something is worth it' I give my all to it. But I also realize that if I 'believe' something is 'not worth getting passionate about, or giving my mind to' I cannot accomplish it. Sometimes this can be rather ridiculous, but for example; I have recently recognized this playing out with little things; such as getting up and making tea, sometimes in doing something for myself, or a favor for somebody else. If I do not to some degree 'let myself desire' or 'believe it is worth it' I am of little power to serve others, or even myself.
This also comes down to a certain other topic. Belief is based on receiving facts, trusting them, and acting on them.... But also on the topic of feeling... you must also be willing, and believe that it is 'worth while' to 'feel'. This is something I am just learning more about this past year. I, being not the very easily 'emotionaly' motivated kind of person in certain areas, has gradually let herself believe that most emotions are not only misleading, but immature. In short, I have believed before that 'emotions'...most...are just not 'worth it'. Inside.
And there is a common theme here. A lot of people who profess that they are not the 'passionate type', or even on other scales, 'the outgoing type', 'the religious type' etc... have taken aspects of their personalities, offenses from others, lies of Satan, and intertwined them to make a rope. They hang themselves from this rope, high above the rafters, overlooking society, and believe...they are somehow separated from humanity, and therefore nobeler. How they can confuse being agnostic with nobility I am yet to want to know. But the fact is, they do. It's not something they will admit, actually it's not something most consciously praise themselves for, it's more or less a deeper thing.
You know. Passion, motivation, feeling...they go deeper than you may realize. A lot of our personality, has a lot to do with our spirituality. Each of us have a different personal relationship with God. Not surprisingly, the way we communicate with others, is pretty similar to the way we communicate with God. Everybody has the right to the special way He communicates. Not everybody is the same. Not everybody feels the same, nor receives the same.
The important thing though, is not that we defend ourselves, but that we recognize lies, and do not believe them. So my question to you is; what is it that you believe is 'worth' it? This doesn't mean you have the same way of showing it as someone else does. But ask yourself, what is 'worth' it to you? If you ask yourself this, and cannot think of one thing, on any level that you would be willing to act on, I would say you could use a change in prospective.
The second question is this; what things have you told yourself 'are not worth it' when in reality, you put up walls from believing, or feeling it's worth. Man's will is a powerful thing. There is a lot to say about those who 'go hard', and actually 'believe' they can accomplish their goals. You will begin to get more from life, if you actually believe things are worth while, than not.
Beyond the fact, a lot of things we have to do in life are things we do not want to do, nor know why we have to do them. To a degree, that I hadn't realized before, you must have a certain amount of courage and mental motivation to do all most anything. Lately, I have been failing at this, because I have believed a few obvious misconceptions. Perhaps you can relate to some of the bellow...
1. That love in general, should depend on what I think of a person
2. That some things are not worth it, when in reality I am just letting
my 'lack of motivation' make my lazy
3. That the only things worth while are those that I can accomplish
without trial and error
4. That success is not a journey
5. That life is made up of sit, or run...not jog
These points...are untrue. Frankly, lies...
I want to live life to my fullest. I only have one life. I need to break out from the ropes that hold me back. Open up my eyes.
Love. You know what you believe about it is really a big factor. Because honestly, love is the biggest motivator. Second is 'Like' (when you like something so much it motivates you).
But, did you know that Love is not what most people think, or claim it is? The Fruit of Love, is actually actions that depend not on whether or not you 'like' a person etc...Love does not come down to that. Joy has also is common in this way to Love; both of them do 'not' and should 'not' depend on circumstances, or feelings. It's something that God motivates in us. Something we do not muster.
In so, a man cannot truly love without God. Nor have true 'Joy'.
A Man can be 'moral' according to his own 'ever subject to change', standards. And he can also have 'happiness', which is also subject to change, with his circumstances. But Love, and Joy...they are what lasts through fire. They are what upholds the martar though he be persecuted unto death.
So you may be the sort of person that doesn't much become motivated by 'emotions' as some. But real Love...real Joy; you should never give up on, or believe them to be of less power than they are. Keep them, and live by them.
Second Point; It's important that you realize, that nothing you do not believe is 'worth it' will you truly accomplish. You make yourself powerless, by your lack of belief. You have the power to choose, what you will let yourself believe to be true. Don't be lazy. It's not 'worth it'. Serve others. Do things as unto God. It's 'worth it'. I can't promise that I always let myself act on that, because I don't. I sometimes let my mental point of view, or will, apathize myself. I'm not proud of the fact. But I know it's true.
Think about what you may be missing out on, every time you close your eyes and choose to serve your own lack of care. When you serve others, you serve yourself. Also, If you cannot serve others, most likely you cannot serve yourself.
I've believed for example; that 'learning' some things, is not 'worth it'. I've believed that 'reading' to a great extent, is not 'worth my time', in the past, so therefore I have chained myself. And I have to work on giving my attention to some things.
I would recommend always having a openness to not only learn, but to discover things by yourself, so that you are not always dependant on teachers. God doesn't want to give us good minds, and us put them to waste. Sometimes that may mean putting them to waste on unnecessary study, wrong information, or education, but also this means putting up walls toward knowledge and learning.
Be open to bettering yourself. Yet lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways 'accnowledge Him'.
Point Three; The Best things in life, the most worth while things in life...are sometimes those that take a whole lot of effort to accomplish, obtain or live out. You have to be willing to believe that the price is worth the prize. This is all a matter of how you see the 'prize' its' self. Your view of the prize, will determine the motivation, and your willingness to pay the 'price' for it.
For example;
" The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; that which when a man has found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goes and sells all he has, and buyeth the field."
Again the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a Merchant man seeking godly pearls: Who when he found a one pearl of great price,went and sold all that he had and bought it". ~ Matthew 13: 44 -46
Don't believe that nothing is worth your tears, your strain, your sweat, and your devotion. It is not how Christ would have you live, and it is rejecting how God has purposed you. He 'wants' you to believe, and receive His love. He wants you to seek 'good', and sacrifice for it. Do not let little things hinder you from obtaining the prize. We have a tendency to inflate little things, and see them bigger than they are. They expand in our heads, and suffocate our hopes and aspirations. Don't give in. It's important that you do not coward, and give up to quickly. Life is not an accomplishment, nor is success without the track. There are obstacles, there are prices, and things you must do, in order to receive the prize. Remember also, that Success is made up of 'learning' and 'growing'. Success is a process, a 'life time' perhaps, when seen in close prospective. You can only do great things, if you are willing to do little things. For every great thing, whether that be in landing a good job, composing a symphony, building a sky scraper, etc...is also made up of little things, that make the big thing possible. Do not revolt the little things. Be full of courage, knowing that if you are honest, temperate, and give your best you will climb the ladder to bigger things. God gives us little things sometimes, as tests for what we will do with the bigger things. Focus on the prize. If the prize doesn't mean anything to you, than I doubt you will pay the price.
Point Four; We must realize that life is a journey. We must be courageous, give our best, and Trust God with the rest. Sometimes we may overlook the best possible gifts of our lives, if we think we should be in different places, with different people, in a different station, working a different job. Sometimes the grass may seem greener on the other side, but we must ask ourselves; "what makes that grass greener?" Is it a missing ingredient? Is it the way I view it? Or is it possible that I can cultivate the grass on this dull side, to one day grow just as green? These are the questions we should consider pondering. We should always do the best with what we have. Sure, things could be easier...but that doesn't mean they would be, or are, 'better'.
It is not enough that you do something great 'once' in your life, and think that will hold you over for the rest. It is not enough that you land a good job, make the grade, rescue the princess to make your life count. One act shouldn't be what you base your life upon. 'Success' is not a goal reached, but a life lived. It's what you do every day that counts, it's as if life counts entirely as a whole. Each day being the only whole you will ever live in. For once you are there in the day, you can not be certain of tomorrow. For Today, is truly, all we ever have.
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today?
Today is a gift, that is why they call it 'the present' ;) - Eleanor Roosevelt
Point Five: As much as we'd like to think it is. Life is not always as black and white as 'run' and 'stop' there is a lot of 'walking' and even 'jogging' that goes on for the individual. Just because things aren't like you, or I think they should be does not mean that they are not of purpose. Just because something is not 'the top' does not mean it is 'not worth climbing' in order to 'get to the top'. There are the storms in life, there are highs in life, and then there are those unfeeling, seemingly un-important times, where nothing seems to be happening...the dryness of the deserts of life. They eat at you worse than most anything... Because in a sense they are something we do not understand, something we cannot do much about. Also, take time to appreciate the times, the things, the scenery, 'inbetween'. Use the 'inbetween lands' as trusting grounds. And even if they seem worthless; you will look back one day and realize that they really were some of your deepest times of inward growth. The kind of growth that you cannot see when it is happening, the kind that takes place inside. Don't panic, don't scream, time will go on, and if you don't believe lies that say 'nothing is worth while' or 'nothing will get better' and choose to keep stepping forward, one foot in front of the other...you will one day leave the 'inbetween land' for 'higher' grounds.
I like Emerson's quote on success. But I'm going to tweak it a bit:
"To rejoice often and much, to earn the respect of wise people and the love of children, to learn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, offenses, let downs, and 'inbetween lands'... to appreciate true beauty, to think on good, acceptable, things, to serve others...to know that even one life has been touched by your own. Thus to hear "Well done my good and Faithful Servant". This is to have succeeded.
Some final quotes to sum up:
1. The love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self. - George Macdonald
2. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing
on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson
( You will invest your life in Something, or you will throw it away on Nothing. - Haddon Robinson)
3. We are blind until we see, That in the human plan, Nothing is worth the making
If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious, If man unbuilded goes?
In vain we build the world - Unless the builder grows. - Edwin Markham
4. Your life begins to change when you change something you do every day. - John C. Maxwell
5. Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot
be trusted to do big things. - Lawrence D. Bell
So, consider the boundaries you have made for yourself. Consider that which you believe. If you believe not, you will not put your foot forward, and from what you do not bank upon, you will not
receive from. Don't expect to wake up one day and expect to receive the fruit, of what you have
not worked for. The measure of a man's character is defined in how he reacts, and how he goes forth.
What is 'worth' it? You may not be the 'passionate type', you may not be the 'emotional type', you may not be the 'dreamer type', the 'get it done type', the 'doer'. But in life you will realize that sometimes we form our own boundaries, we take something of our personality, and use it as perhaps a 'cop out' or a 'clutch' or even... let it rule our lives. We become slaves to our inabilities, or our personalities. God wants to use 'you', you have special qualities, a special way you can shine His light, a unique way you can communicate, and also special talents, or ways that you particularly can serve. Ask God what these may be, discover who God made you. Do this so you won't miss out on your 'destiny' on earth, your 'purpose', so to say. Do this not only for yourself, but for others...and for God. But the fact is, you must believe that 'it' is worth it. That God is worth it, that others are worth it, and that it's all 'worth while'.
Ask God to free you from any lies you have believed. Take a breath. Choose to Love. Choose to Step forward. There may be bleak times, there may be things you can't made immediate sense of, there may be times of apathy...you may not become a 'different person', but what is important, is that you not only be 'you', but that you be 'the best you'...the you that is liberated, the you that is courageous, and the you that God would be proud of. To know that you gave your best, did your best...that's what's important. Seek God first, of course. Just remember. Believe to motivate you to receive. Run the race. Receive the crown. God has good things in store on earth for those who are willing to surrender to Him.
Believe it!
and Remember;
Sometimes
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare;
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult". - Seneca
Monday, December 12, 2011
Paintings
This Painting was inspired by 'Owl City's' most recent album cover.
The name of the album is 'All things Bright and Beautiful'.
The black in the background is actually smoke, but
I like how it looks like mountain, crevasse, 'shadows' as well.
It has like a duel purpose.This painting was inspired by a video.
I just painted a shot/scene of it.
This painting was just something that came to me...
I added the quote by Blaise Pascal.
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