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| (It took me a while to find something to blog about, especially since this may be my "first blog." But I think its almost worthy.)
First off, none of my little sisters should ever date. Ever. But for those of you who do not heed this advice and go on a date regardless, do it well, for it will be your last. I will kill you. With that said.
I'm tired of boring girls. They bore me. It's kind of a waste (harsh, I get it). I've gone on some dates this year and let me tell you, they were kind of a bore. Maybe I'm A.D.D., maybe its something else, however, the girls I go on these dates with bore me. And I've come to the conclusion that they bore me because they don't show who they are on these dates. They show no personality. Now don't get me wrong, I don't expect you to reveal the hidden depths of your personality on the first few dates, but reveal something. Laugh, talk about yourself, something!
Most girls want to be liked for who they are and not what they look like, well if that be the case then show your personality. Laugh once in a while, be a little outgoing. Laughter is a small window to someones soul.
I bring in my friends Betsy and Janet as example. I love them dearly, and I use them as kind of the litmus test. They're always ready to laugh and be outgoing. I use them as a measuring rod. You don't have to be as outgoing or as ready to laugh as they are, however, a little something doesn't hurt.
Its a waste. Its a waste of time/meal that I could be doing something more productive, and honestly/more importantly, its not always easy asking you on a date. So its kind of a waste of courage.
"Well, what if its you?!" you may be asking. "Maybe they just don't want to open themselves up to you." And that's totally valid. I haven't taken that out of the equation. But even still its just lunch/dinner. At least lets pull out of this a fun time or even a friendship.
I'm not saying reveal what makes you tick, your hopes and dreams, but give a brother something worth chasing, something worth pursuing.
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| "When you die, you can't take your wealth with you, but you can take your honor."
I got this from an interview of an old Korean dad, in a documentary about break dancing. *quick tangent- Planet B-Boy - really great documentary about international break dancing - reason I was late to church on sunday
I've been sitting on this quote for a real long time. I often wonder what we live for. What some people live for. Whats worth living for. Why do we live for certain things and not others? I felt like that old Korean man put the whole "What are you living your life for" question into perspective. I found it deep when I put it with something else that I think boys learn - "You can die with honor."
A warriors death. A death in battle is an honorable death. This is somehow coded into most boys everywhere. Tribe, nation, platoon, brigade. Dying in battle is a warriors death, one in battle. Gladiator, Braveheart, movies that preach this.
So then, whats your battle? What are you living for? What do Christians live for? Love? We die for love? Thats an amazing concept there.
You can't take your wealth with you when you die, but you can die with honor.
Well, what will you live for?
What will you die for?
All in the name of love.
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| I think Judas Iscariot is one of my favorite
characters in the entire Bible. "What?!!" "Isn't that
blasphemy to the God you worship?!?" Well. I don't think
so. I find Judas so incredibly fascinating. Just his
person, who he was, and what he was about. To me. To me its
so mind boggling. I think he's one of the most complex guys.
Yeah, we could all say, "Paul is my favorite," cause
well yeah. He's a beast, no kidding. Or, "No way, Jonah
is," mostly cause I think we all identify with him. But I'd have
to put Judas in my top 8 or so.
Why: Well think about it. Who is
Judas? Judas was to betray Jesus, yet trusted with the
money. Isn't that just such a weird contrast? Also, he
totally saw the miracles Jesus was doing, so what motive, how deep set
in your ways are you to want to betray/kill the messiah?
Also, imagine God and Jesus in his life. God
made Judas fully knowing that he was the one who was going to betray
his only Son. How crazy is that?! I can't help but wonder how God
felt on that day. That here's God, creating the man who would
betray Jesus, and yet still deeply care for Judas. Yes, it brings
up a lot of questions of predestination and whether or not Judas went
to heaven, but I'm not here to answer those questions. Judas is
just so, wow. And think of Jesus. He's walking along the
way, see's Judas and ... I can't even imagine. If I could I think
it would have gone something like, Jesus see's Judas and knowns that
he's the one who will betray him. He knows how and who is
responsible for his betrayal. And knowing all of this, knowing
what will happen, He calls him to follow him. That says enough
right there. It just totally blows my mind when I think about
him.
He totally blows me away when I think about him and
God. "No way" I keep saying to myself. "No way, you knew
everything he was to do, what he was created to do, and yet. Yet you
still loved him? You knew he would betray Your only son, and yet
still loved him. You knew that he was going to betray You and yet
you still called him to follow you. No way."
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| So I sit here, frustrated, a tad angry and really
bummed that plans may not go accordingly. I've been "planning"
this paintball trip for a while, and really trying to plan it around
schedules to fit accordingly. Turns out that its all for
naught. And I get upset. And I don't get it. I don't
get why I'm getting upset about something as small as paintball.
That why this is the same issue over and over again with people, or so
myself. And it dawns on me.... or God dawns on me. I'm
disapointed because I'm invested.
You either care or don't care, and most of the time
its because you've got something invested in it. May it be time,
love, or money. You bet a lot of money on a horse and it
loses. You just lost your investment. You spend a lot of
time with a significant other, turns out things don't work out so
well. You spend a lot of time on an event or building something
and it doesn't work in the end. You become disapointed.
Agree or disagree, but its true. My conclusion
came from other people. The reason other people may not care
about said 'horse' or 'trip' is because they're not invested in
it. They're not disappointed, they've got nothing to lose.
But they feel bad (or not), because they may (or not) be invested in
you.
If you have all the time in the world, of course it
doesn't matter what you spend it on. But when you have a finite
amount of time, you don't want to waste it. You want to use it as
productively as you can.
When you've invested in something, thats when you
become disappointed, thats when you have something to lose.
Now what does this say about ministry, or how you do
ministry? Whether you're a leader or not, how do you view the
church and/or the plans/mission of the church?
What does it say about the life of a Christian? What does it say about love. About God's love?
*number of times I spelled "disappointed" wrong = many.
** next entry - My Man Judas.
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| "Speed," an incredibly accurate description. The only way people
are going to enjoy that movie is if they're on speed, mushrooms or any
other type of drug as they watch it. Dude I don't even do drugs
and I find the commercials trippy as is. Can you imagine someone
on drugs and watching that movie?!!? That would awesome.
I'd rather watch my friend tripping out during the movie while watching
it, rather than watching the actual movie itself.
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