it's kind of like when you bring home a report card with an "F" on it, or when you're caught stealing a superman figurine from wal-mart. you find no other way than to suck up to your parents. because you know that sucking up is a sure-fire way to keep your stock up in mom and dad's book. you may color mom a picture, or help dad with the truck - but it's never enough, is it?
what sucks about this whole thing is that it's like this with God. only deeper, and on a larger scale. we find ourselves screwing up, only to find redemption in the places where there is none. the next thing you know we have bible verses that we don't even know the meaning to posted on our myspace, and our ipod screams the current christian rock hit. and for some reason we find comfort in this because it's a guaranteed way to let everyone around you know that you're changed. yet, for some forsaken reason, we're still left feeling like the same cheat before we took the low road.
it's strange to me just how much of our faith lies in the opinions of other people.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
the hippie theory.
i find some sort of joy when things get shaken up. surely not while the getting jossled, but after the quake, i couldn't be happier with life.
i only say this because i really feel like plans and the future and all the rest of the blah, blah "i'm sure about my career" blah part of life are severely overrated. why? because it's trivial. you have no idea what's going to happen tomorrow. sure, all of your friends know what's going to happen (mainly because you harp it straight into their ear each chance you get), but by no means does this change the shifts and breaks in everyday life.
but like i said, there's some kind of thrill that comes out of not having a clue about what's going to happen. and the even bigger thrill that makes its way into my head are when i find myself focusing on the things that are guaranteed. the fact that God is present. and that, when we feel like we are being crunched down by the weight of everything around us, He cares. Even when we turn our back, He still cares. that's what i love about God. He offers hope.
if you tell me there isn't hope there, i will call you retarded.
peace.
i only say this because i really feel like plans and the future and all the rest of the blah, blah "i'm sure about my career" blah part of life are severely overrated. why? because it's trivial. you have no idea what's going to happen tomorrow. sure, all of your friends know what's going to happen (mainly because you harp it straight into their ear each chance you get), but by no means does this change the shifts and breaks in everyday life.
but like i said, there's some kind of thrill that comes out of not having a clue about what's going to happen. and the even bigger thrill that makes its way into my head are when i find myself focusing on the things that are guaranteed. the fact that God is present. and that, when we feel like we are being crunched down by the weight of everything around us, He cares. Even when we turn our back, He still cares. that's what i love about God. He offers hope.
if you tell me there isn't hope there, i will call you retarded.
peace.
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