I won't include too much tonight, but I do want to document something God did in my heart tonight. We serve a gracious, loving, empowering Father. After a meeting that ran longer than expected, I didn't make it to chapel tonight. I was disappointed, but then I felt God's push for me to go spend some alone time with him. I went to the library, spread my Bible and journal out before me, and waited. Come on God I thought. Just speak to me, tell me what you want from me. As I should have known, it wasn't that easy, and I praise God for stretching me. Sitting with God, seeking him in his word, and resting before him was just what he wanted from me. It was so simple! I have been trying so diligently to figure out what I've been missing, and God had been asking me to just rest. He wants me to just rest before him, get away from myself, and focus on him. Tonight, as a result, I am choosing to rest, pursue God, and stop thinking so much about myself. How do I stop this prideful habit of putting me before all else? I'm making it a daily prayer, asking others to keep me accountable, and practicing writing about anyone but myself. He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Oh, no...another blog!!!!!
So, I have yet again tried my hand at a fresh blogging experience. I realized with my last one that only members of that specific blog could comment, so that doesn't work out for my family and friends. I am here to say this is it! My last and only blog is here, bam, right in front of you.
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Yay for a new blog!
I'm glad to hear about your experience with God this evening. He is wonderful.
Maybe if you rested more people wouldn't be afraid of you...
Keep looking at that wrist of yours.
I think this is a battle that everyone faces but not everyone wants to outwardly reveal. Admitting to it is the first step to conquering it. If you want some little short cuts I can give you a couple that I have recently found-- and they are ridiculously simple.
I've been learning not to argue. Everyone, especially in college, wants to argue about something but I've come to learn that Mr. Nothdurft was right-- debates are more often the downfall of intelligence. There's not too many arguments that I can think of that really were worth it. I think there's other mediums of communication that work much more effectively at giving a message and persuading people into a particular idea. I'm mostly talking about back-and-forth arguments. I'm trying to move myself to listen more and to speak less. Sometimes it is really hard not to tell someone they are irrational about something-- mostly something silly-- but I've found I can invest more in them and invite them more when I show that I am at the least interested in what they have to say.
If you want to get away from being prideful then everyday make a conscious effort to grow a compassionate heart. If we can move our hearts to love one another than people will finally hear the voice of Christ.
Also, try to keep being competitive at a minimum. It's hard in this American life, especially when trying to get a job and everything else tends to turn into a competition. I've found that it's better to think in terms of compromise and not who's going to win. Life is much better when you are enjoying it and living it rather than trying to win it-- which we already have so hurrah!
Also, of course, ask yourself if you are being arrogant and that can help you to change what you have to say and help you to listen to others.
I call this my AACC theory which I came across in Kenya. No arguing, no arrogance, no competition, but a compassionate heart.
Really simple, and you may be thinking "duh" but it's definitely helped me understand people better and to be more tolerant of others.
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