i have decided my blog needs a change. when i started my blog over a year ago (what?!?) it was meant to record my journey through my first year of college. well that year is over, and this summer has been challenging, and already over the past few months, my blog has centered around the things i am feeling and thinking, and more specifically God.
i have decided to rename my blog "living a life of desire." this name was inspired by a book i am reading right now, by John Piper, called "when i don't desire god: how to fight for joy." i have constantly struggled with finding joy in my relationship with him. it seems that no matter how good i seem to be doing, something always springs up to distract me from Him. I know this is the work of satan, but I don't feel capable to fight him off. as I search and seek, i pray He will make himself known to me. already, he has used multiple events of my summer, to confirm the fact that he is present and active in my life. NEVER has he forsaken me, even through the numerous times I have forsaken him. and for that i am grateful.
i have decided to blog more regularly, and to share with you the ups and downs, the trials, and the failures of my christian walk. god has given me a story, so that i might share it. he never meant for us to keep our testimonies of his love to ourselves. i pray that my blog might be a blessing in someones life. and may the repeating theme of my life be the faithfulness of christ. to him be the glory, forever.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
as if it were your last.
i've often heard the phrase "live each day as though it were your last" i used to think that was an incredibly stupid phrase. to me, it was unrealistic. but lately the i've been thinking - what if today was my last? what if i went to sleep and never woke up?
that phrase, has more to do with attitude than with action. before when i would hear someone say something like that, i would think "okay, if today were my last day, i would want to do A, B, and C" but what i am discovering is that its not about what i need to do, but rather what i am doing now. deep down, i know that if today was my last, i would not hear the words "well done, good and faithful servant" in heaven.
some of the events of the last month have caused me to think carefully about how i live my life. i can see that god is using these tragic and shocking things to get me attention. my heart is more open to his will in my life, than it has ever been.
i used to be a pessimist - one who only saw the bad in every circumstance. but lately i've been learning that there is good in everything. god allows hurtful things to happen so that he may be glorified. and sometimes we may never see that. but sometimes we will, and it is an encouragement to keep living, and to keep trusting.
are you living each day longing to hear the words "well done, good and faithful servant?"
that phrase, has more to do with attitude than with action. before when i would hear someone say something like that, i would think "okay, if today were my last day, i would want to do A, B, and C" but what i am discovering is that its not about what i need to do, but rather what i am doing now. deep down, i know that if today was my last, i would not hear the words "well done, good and faithful servant" in heaven.
some of the events of the last month have caused me to think carefully about how i live my life. i can see that god is using these tragic and shocking things to get me attention. my heart is more open to his will in my life, than it has ever been.
i used to be a pessimist - one who only saw the bad in every circumstance. but lately i've been learning that there is good in everything. god allows hurtful things to happen so that he may be glorified. and sometimes we may never see that. but sometimes we will, and it is an encouragement to keep living, and to keep trusting.
are you living each day longing to hear the words "well done, good and faithful servant?"
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