some things to ponder....
so yeah, ive been pretty sick the past couple of days, which really hasn't been fun because i still had to work regardless. but, its a good thing most definetely. i'm putting away almost a grand on this job that we're working on right now, and the next two we have lined up i should clear at least a grand on also, so within the next month i should have at least 2,000 saved for my college. YAY!! finally i will have enough cash to start the boring part of my schooling so i can get it out of the way!! well, at least as soon as this next semester rolls around, and also assuming i dont blow ANY of it duiring the summer. My dad isnt even giving me an ATM card, so i shouldnt even be able to get anything out of the account unless i go to the bank, and even then he'll be notified, so thats definetely a safe thing to do.
on another more serious note,
I've been getting an incredible amount of fulfillment out of attending church lately. I never really realized exactly how much about god i really didnt know before. I didnt really realize that you cant look at the bible scholastically and get anything out of it.
You could read the bible for the rest of your life and have an encyclopedic knowledge of it, and your understanding of it would still only be as far as the boundaries of mans logic can go. When you come to christ, he begins to reveal to you things that your natural mind cant just work out. Through faith comes understanding, and now that ive finally realized that, im beginning to see what its really all about.
Its not just some set of rules to live your life by, or a set of cleverly devised fables designed for us to come to a "heres the moral of the story" conclusion. Its a matter of life or death, for god or against god. One of these days, when the earth shall pass away, every single one of us is going to have to give an account of EVERY SINGLE thought or action we've ever had in our life. And I, personally want to be able to come into gods presense on that day and be found faithful. This life is not worth giving up eternity for. I mean, lets face it, this world sucks!! Why do you think this is? why do you think that every time you try and do something right, it ends up blowing up in your face? its because, bottom line, THIS WORLD IS CURSED!!
and whether you want to realize it or not, if you serve god now and join him in the end in glory, or dwell in the flesh and do what YOU want, in the end you're gonna have to serve somebody. whether its god or satan, you make your choice.
A thing that most people dont realize either, is that in the end whether you are found worthy of joining the heavenly hosts or not, youre still going to be supplied with a glorious body that cannot sin. But, unless you prepare yourself to be in a body such as this, youre gonna be hurting alot more than you are now, because if you desire sinful things the most, your body will still not be able to sin, so the thing that you desire the most will be denied you for ALL eternity.
anyways, in conclusion i thank jesus for making me realize that everything i do is wrong, and the only way i can overpower this flesh of mine is to look to him and let him dwell in me.
oh, and by the way if you're thinking about leaving insults or arguments, i will simply delete them. because i dont care what you think, i know what HE thinks and that means more to me that anything negative you have to say ever will :)
on another more serious note,
I've been getting an incredible amount of fulfillment out of attending church lately. I never really realized exactly how much about god i really didnt know before. I didnt really realize that you cant look at the bible scholastically and get anything out of it.
You could read the bible for the rest of your life and have an encyclopedic knowledge of it, and your understanding of it would still only be as far as the boundaries of mans logic can go. When you come to christ, he begins to reveal to you things that your natural mind cant just work out. Through faith comes understanding, and now that ive finally realized that, im beginning to see what its really all about.
Its not just some set of rules to live your life by, or a set of cleverly devised fables designed for us to come to a "heres the moral of the story" conclusion. Its a matter of life or death, for god or against god. One of these days, when the earth shall pass away, every single one of us is going to have to give an account of EVERY SINGLE thought or action we've ever had in our life. And I, personally want to be able to come into gods presense on that day and be found faithful. This life is not worth giving up eternity for. I mean, lets face it, this world sucks!! Why do you think this is? why do you think that every time you try and do something right, it ends up blowing up in your face? its because, bottom line, THIS WORLD IS CURSED!!
and whether you want to realize it or not, if you serve god now and join him in the end in glory, or dwell in the flesh and do what YOU want, in the end you're gonna have to serve somebody. whether its god or satan, you make your choice.
A thing that most people dont realize either, is that in the end whether you are found worthy of joining the heavenly hosts or not, youre still going to be supplied with a glorious body that cannot sin. But, unless you prepare yourself to be in a body such as this, youre gonna be hurting alot more than you are now, because if you desire sinful things the most, your body will still not be able to sin, so the thing that you desire the most will be denied you for ALL eternity.
anyways, in conclusion i thank jesus for making me realize that everything i do is wrong, and the only way i can overpower this flesh of mine is to look to him and let him dwell in me.
oh, and by the way if you're thinking about leaving insults or arguments, i will simply delete them. because i dont care what you think, i know what HE thinks and that means more to me that anything negative you have to say ever will :)