Think back
On all the times
You knew
I hope you feel
The pain inside
A new
Tell me
Why you were
Untrue
I understand life is complicated. I understand some things are not meant to be, because my God has a better plan in store. But the one thing I hope you've learned from this is not to mess with a heart, cause when you do it means you're a jack ass. And now I'm picking up the pieces.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Haha, yeah right...
Part 1:
People make promises a lot. I've come to the conclusion that people also break promises a lot.
Saying you'll never hurt someone is a lot to carry on your shoulders.
Cause people hurt you all the time, whether they try to or not.
And it's cause we're people.
I'm done with people making promises they can't keep.
But I'm all for someone who is willing to stick with what they said in the beginning.
Edward Ferrars, I love you.
Part 2:
I understand people change. Promises aren't about how we feel, otherwise no one would keep any sort of promise. Promises are about being truly committed through thick and thin.
If you were never going to truly commit, your promises meant nothing.
Just words. And that's all we are sometimes: just words.
People make promises a lot. I've come to the conclusion that people also break promises a lot.
Saying you'll never hurt someone is a lot to carry on your shoulders.
Cause people hurt you all the time, whether they try to or not.
And it's cause we're people.
I'm done with people making promises they can't keep.
But I'm all for someone who is willing to stick with what they said in the beginning.
Edward Ferrars, I love you.
Part 2:
I understand people change. Promises aren't about how we feel, otherwise no one would keep any sort of promise. Promises are about being truly committed through thick and thin.
If you were never going to truly commit, your promises meant nothing.
Just words. And that's all we are sometimes: just words.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
A Year Later
It hasn't been quite a year, but God is still faithful, still in control, still the only thing I need.
He's not the only thing I want though. And I think it's a good thing I've realized that.
I want to be swept away. I want to be taken out dancing.
I want to go star gazing with someone. I want to go on a hot air balloon ride. I want to go on a picnic. I want to be taken out to a fancy dinner once in a while, or any dinner really. I just want to be surprised.
Is that too much to ask?
And I want to build someone up and be built up. I want to argue and figure out God's world with someone.
A relationship isn't about compatibility, or friendship. Anyone can be friends. A relationship is about being based on something that will never fade, on Someone who will never give up on you. Christ.
He's not the only thing I want though. And I think it's a good thing I've realized that.
I want to be swept away. I want to be taken out dancing.
I want to go star gazing with someone. I want to go on a hot air balloon ride. I want to go on a picnic. I want to be taken out to a fancy dinner once in a while, or any dinner really. I just want to be surprised.
Is that too much to ask?
And I want to build someone up and be built up. I want to argue and figure out God's world with someone.
A relationship isn't about compatibility, or friendship. Anyone can be friends. A relationship is about being based on something that will never fade, on Someone who will never give up on you. Christ.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
The other side of the fence...
God always fulfills His promises. Always.
Remember that, even if it's hard to be content, and hard to go through the many struggles we go through in life, there is always a rainbow after the flood if we follow Him.
I just had one of the best days of my life. =)
Remember that, even if it's hard to be content, and hard to go through the many struggles we go through in life, there is always a rainbow after the flood if we follow Him.
I just had one of the best days of my life. =)
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Waiting Part 2: Rather Random Thoughts
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight and a half years ago. Dare not say that a man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant."--Persuasion
Jane Austen knew the virtues of waiting. Her main characters are always in some state of waiting for happiness.
Too often, we become discontent in our waiting because of comparisons. If someone asks you when you're going to finish school, or when you're going to have a boyfriend, or when you will be done with so and so, it is usually very frustrating. I think we get frustrated by these questions because we assume they are judging us. We assume they are saying "Why don't you have a diploma on your wall yet? I do, look at mine!" When in reality, they usually just care about you and want to know what you've been up to. That's when you look them full in the face and say "I sure am working on it!" :)
"Love suffers long and is kind." Notice that the suffering part is linked to kindness. It's not ok to be mean to others just because you are going through a drain pipe.
The best things in life really are worth waiting for...it's not just a little cleshay phrase. But waiting means fighting, not just waiting.
If only time could pass us by...
Sometimes it feels like the main thing we do in life is wait.
As kids we wait to grow up, in school we wait to graduate, as adults we wait to buy houses, start families, and have the career we think we want.
Waiting isn't a bad thing, and it definitely teaches us many good life lessons. There is a pitfall, however, that can come with obsessing over waiting. If all we think about is what is yet to come, then we are missing out on bright amazing parts of our lives. Abraham waited hopefully, in a good way:
"When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”[d] 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised." --Hebrews 6:13-15
Here, God Himself swore that he would give Abraham children. Abraham had a hard time waiting, his wife Sarah certainly did too, but in the end the Word of God says that Abraham waited paitently. If waiting was easy, God wouldn't use it to refine us. There's nothing wrong in admitting that waiting for something good is one of the hardest things you will ever do. Abraham tried different ways to get an heir. Sarah laughed when she heard about bearing a child, but still, their faith and trust in God is a beautiful example to us all. Abraham didn't waste those years waiting for Isaac. He built up an inheritance for him.
Instead of focusing on waiting, I think we should be preparing ourselves to receive God's promises. This means delighting in our time now, while preparing for the future. After all, there will always be things worth waiting for, but the present is here today and gone tomorrow.
As kids we wait to grow up, in school we wait to graduate, as adults we wait to buy houses, start families, and have the career we think we want.
Waiting isn't a bad thing, and it definitely teaches us many good life lessons. There is a pitfall, however, that can come with obsessing over waiting. If all we think about is what is yet to come, then we are missing out on bright amazing parts of our lives. Abraham waited hopefully, in a good way:
"When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”[d] 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised." --Hebrews 6:13-15
Here, God Himself swore that he would give Abraham children. Abraham had a hard time waiting, his wife Sarah certainly did too, but in the end the Word of God says that Abraham waited paitently. If waiting was easy, God wouldn't use it to refine us. There's nothing wrong in admitting that waiting for something good is one of the hardest things you will ever do. Abraham tried different ways to get an heir. Sarah laughed when she heard about bearing a child, but still, their faith and trust in God is a beautiful example to us all. Abraham didn't waste those years waiting for Isaac. He built up an inheritance for him.
Instead of focusing on waiting, I think we should be preparing ourselves to receive God's promises. This means delighting in our time now, while preparing for the future. After all, there will always be things worth waiting for, but the present is here today and gone tomorrow.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
There is a friend...
Last term in school I took a "religion" class on Friendship. In it I learned that people have different views of what and why they have friendships. Aristotle describes three types of friendships:
1. Friendships of utility
2. Friendships of pleasure
3. Friendships of virtue
Number one describes a friend you have only for the connections or what you can get out of them.
Number two describes lovers, loving someone because it feels good to you.
Number three speaks of being friends with someone who has common goals.
"Iron sharpening iron."--Proverbs 27
While there are different levels of friendships, I think the Bible gives us what the main point of any friendship should be:
Friendships aren't what you can get out of it, but what you can give. If you're looking to make friends, become someone's friend.
A true friend helps each other. Helping doesn't mean you lie for them or look over all their sins. It means you encourage each other to be righteous.
What if your friend harms you? Or stops being your friend? Friendships are often up and down. I've heard it said that you have only two options: either growing closer or falling apart. God wants us to give up all our friendships to Him. If we're relying on our friends for everything (a comforting ear, a meal, etc.) instead of Christ then our friendships are doomed. The only thing in life that is certain is God, not your best friend you had when you were six.
On the flip side, friendship is a precious ointment and a safeguard against evil. Surround yourself with good friends and you will grow spiritually. Just remember, friendships are the Lord's. He may break them to recreate them, or to let someone be another person's friend. Sometimes all you can do is pray, but that is what friendship is, it never stops hoping.
1. Friendships of utility
2. Friendships of pleasure
3. Friendships of virtue
Number one describes a friend you have only for the connections or what you can get out of them.
Number two describes lovers, loving someone because it feels good to you.
Number three speaks of being friends with someone who has common goals.
"Iron sharpening iron."--Proverbs 27
While there are different levels of friendships, I think the Bible gives us what the main point of any friendship should be:
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(John 15:13-15).
Friendships aren't what you can get out of it, but what you can give. If you're looking to make friends, become someone's friend.
A true friend helps each other. Helping doesn't mean you lie for them or look over all their sins. It means you encourage each other to be righteous.
What if your friend harms you? Or stops being your friend? Friendships are often up and down. I've heard it said that you have only two options: either growing closer or falling apart. God wants us to give up all our friendships to Him. If we're relying on our friends for everything (a comforting ear, a meal, etc.) instead of Christ then our friendships are doomed. The only thing in life that is certain is God, not your best friend you had when you were six.
On the flip side, friendship is a precious ointment and a safeguard against evil. Surround yourself with good friends and you will grow spiritually. Just remember, friendships are the Lord's. He may break them to recreate them, or to let someone be another person's friend. Sometimes all you can do is pray, but that is what friendship is, it never stops hoping.
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