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Watch Seven Pounds.
It's good. And incredibly haunting.
I saw it last night, and I can't stop thinking about it. It's one of those movies that really makes your brain work.
And reminds you how fleeting life is, and how it can be taken away from you so quickly.
So, you need to do things like run and love and give as much as possible.
I got my sister a devotional for her birthday. She does way better with reading it than I do with doing my devotionals. She's going to do great things for God. I can already tell. Anyway, we were sitting at my grandparents restaurant on Saturday and she looked at me and said, "You know what verse I still remember from last week when I was reading my Bible for my devotional? The one that says, "from dust you came and from dust you shall return." I had to kind of explain it to her...that our time here on Earth is short, so we have to make the best of it.
This postsecret postcard says it best, i think http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SXKUgbZBUDI/AAAAAAAAHx4/zjBLrmiFMQw/s1600-h/nyc.jpg
I also resonated with this postcard. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SXKU0KSPmQI/AAAAAAAAHyo/Ml3scJeoog4/s1600-h/looking.jpg
It's a bit sad, and I don't necessarily agree with that part of it. It seems like more of a fact to me...not something I am sad or happy about it. But, it does often feel like I'm the only single person left. And I don't want to be single. I want to have a relationship with the right person. I was playing Battleship with Michelle, and it reminded me of a time when I played battleship with Kevin. We were at a conference and I was having a horrible weekend, and he stayed up late with me and played Battleship and talked until I felt okay enough to go to sleep. And then he gave me his sweatpants to wear because it had ended up being way colder than anticipated and I hadn't brought any pajamas suitable for the weather. I'm sure he was probably freezing that night. It sounds silly, but it was probably one of the nicest things any guy has done for me. I remember feeling "safe" and like I wasn't in it alone. I miss that feeling sometimes.
But I have also been seeing things a bit like Paul lately. I believe he says that it is easier to do God's work when you are single because you don't have the responsibility of a family, so you are much more free to do whatever God asks of you. I have been finding that to be true. And remembering that, and trying to learn how to live in a way that is compatible with my current life stage, is a lot better than trying to struggle against it. It is a bit silly to spend all my time pining for something when I could be doing things right now. That's what I'm trying to remember and how I'm trying to live. I think it's okay to want a relationship, as long as it doesn't detract from my ability to function and thrive.
It's good. And incredibly haunting.
I saw it last night, and I can't stop thinking about it. It's one of those movies that really makes your brain work.
And reminds you how fleeting life is, and how it can be taken away from you so quickly.
So, you need to do things like run and love and give as much as possible.
I got my sister a devotional for her birthday. She does way better with reading it than I do with doing my devotionals. She's going to do great things for God. I can already tell. Anyway, we were sitting at my grandparents restaurant on Saturday and she looked at me and said, "You know what verse I still remember from last week when I was reading my Bible for my devotional? The one that says, "from dust you came and from dust you shall return." I had to kind of explain it to her...that our time here on Earth is short, so we have to make the best of it.
This postsecret postcard says it best, i think http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SXKUgbZBUDI/AAAAAAAAHx4/zjBLrmiFMQw/s1600-h/nyc.jpg
I also resonated with this postcard. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SXKU0KSPmQI/AAAAAAAAHyo/Ml3scJeoog4/s1600-h/looking.jpg
It's a bit sad, and I don't necessarily agree with that part of it. It seems like more of a fact to me...not something I am sad or happy about it. But, it does often feel like I'm the only single person left. And I don't want to be single. I want to have a relationship with the right person. I was playing Battleship with Michelle, and it reminded me of a time when I played battleship with Kevin. We were at a conference and I was having a horrible weekend, and he stayed up late with me and played Battleship and talked until I felt okay enough to go to sleep. And then he gave me his sweatpants to wear because it had ended up being way colder than anticipated and I hadn't brought any pajamas suitable for the weather. I'm sure he was probably freezing that night. It sounds silly, but it was probably one of the nicest things any guy has done for me. I remember feeling "safe" and like I wasn't in it alone. I miss that feeling sometimes.
But I have also been seeing things a bit like Paul lately. I believe he says that it is easier to do God's work when you are single because you don't have the responsibility of a family, so you are much more free to do whatever God asks of you. I have been finding that to be true. And remembering that, and trying to learn how to live in a way that is compatible with my current life stage, is a lot better than trying to struggle against it. It is a bit silly to spend all my time pining for something when I could be doing things right now. That's what I'm trying to remember and how I'm trying to live. I think it's okay to want a relationship, as long as it doesn't detract from my ability to function and thrive.