I don't know about you, but I have a huge problem with people who just don't listen to me. I know I don't always like to listen to people either. I know I said 'I'll do it... today' and I guess I completly forgot about how hard that really is. And my conclusion? I can't do it myself. I need help, bad. I'm still learning when to shut it and what not to say. It's not that I'm trying to be mean to people, I'm not exactly quite sure what it is.
Maybe me feeling like I'm not being heard, is because I, sometimes, completly dismiss what the other person is saying to me in the assumption that what they are saying has nothing to pertain to me. I, honestly, like to think I know what's best for me and God doesn't. But, what I think is 'best' for me, is going to leave me hurt and wondering why. I'm proved wrong and God does know and I don't. I'm not the 'best' listener there is and I'd have to say the best listener there is and ever will be, is Jesus.
I'm trying to forgive, love, and share Jesus with others more often than I do.
I really don't know what else to say, except I really do need to do it today. Maybe we say 'I'll do it...tomorrow' because we assume that we have "enough" on our 'agenda' for one day. Maybe we're looking at it through dirty glasses and waste soo much of our time doing pointless crap that won't live past this day.
I've learned that by saying 'I'll do it...tomorrow' I hardly ever get done with what I planned for the next day.
So I will try to shut up and listen, I mean really really truly be in tuned with what the other person is saying.
It'll be hard, but if I, as I say I do, really truly want people to listen to me, I should listen to them.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
wow
Today in Self Development, Mrs. Hiatt gave us all note cards and told us NOT to write our names on it and to put If You Really Knew Me..you'd know that I.. and when she read them aloud, I was shocked a little. What I truly have not understood is how in the world do these teenagers get through all of this without Jesus...I just don't get it. It has to be alot harder without Jesus. These teens have went through parents divorce, thoughts of suicide, abusive fathers...etc. I was hurting for my generation. My generation NEEDS Jesus!!
Being one of the new kids at my high school I have some what made "friends"... I need to share Jesus with these people. Like what Matt said to me the other day about we never know that this day could very well be our last day. Some one could die and go to hell because I didn't share Jesus with them. It's a scary thought, but, sadly true. I mean what if it really was my last shot to share Jesus with them...and what if that conversation changed their eternal destiny?
Being one of the new kids at my high school I have some what made "friends"... I need to share Jesus with these people. Like what Matt said to me the other day about we never know that this day could very well be our last day. Some one could die and go to hell because I didn't share Jesus with them. It's a scary thought, but, sadly true. I mean what if it really was my last shot to share Jesus with them...and what if that conversation changed their eternal destiny?
Sunday, August 23, 2009
We Have So Much. They Have So Little.
Along time ago, I got an e-mail from someone and in it were pictures of children with shoes like this...
While I was looking at the e-mail, I was glad the kid had a pair of shoes. But, what really got to me, is that these aren't shoes! They're water bottles! And I got to really thinking, that we, as people who live in th united states take way to much for granted. It's not hard to see that this world is greatly imbalanced. We are far to great of a country to not help these people. The Bible is dead on right when it says it is more blessed to give than to recieve. (Acts 20:35)
Day to day, week to week, I take things and especially people in my life for granted. Like my blog post a few days ago title 'I'll Do It..Tomorrow', I really need to work on not taking people for granted. I never know that when they walk out that door and I never see them again. They could get hit by some stupid driver who could care less about what they are doing.
I just found a picture on google of a young boy who looked like a teenager or pre-teen in search of food. I couldn't post it because this thing wouldn't let me. But, we take so much for granted. Like shoes, socks, bed, house, car, technology, cell phones, friends, family, pants, shirts, jewelry. It's too easy to take things for granted these days.
a challenge for not just you, but for me also. Treat people better, treat things better, cherish more moments. Starting, now.
I'll do it...TODAY!
I'll end this with a video from Hillsong United that I found on youtube:
While I was looking at the e-mail, I was glad the kid had a pair of shoes. But, what really got to me, is that these aren't shoes! They're water bottles! And I got to really thinking, that we, as people who live in th united states take way to much for granted. It's not hard to see that this world is greatly imbalanced. We are far to great of a country to not help these people. The Bible is dead on right when it says it is more blessed to give than to recieve. (Acts 20:35)
Day to day, week to week, I take things and especially people in my life for granted. Like my blog post a few days ago title 'I'll Do It..Tomorrow', I really need to work on not taking people for granted. I never know that when they walk out that door and I never see them again. They could get hit by some stupid driver who could care less about what they are doing.
I just found a picture on google of a young boy who looked like a teenager or pre-teen in search of food. I couldn't post it because this thing wouldn't let me. But, we take so much for granted. Like shoes, socks, bed, house, car, technology, cell phones, friends, family, pants, shirts, jewelry. It's too easy to take things for granted these days.
a challenge for not just you, but for me also. Treat people better, treat things better, cherish more moments. Starting, now.
I'll do it...TODAY!
I'll end this with a video from Hillsong United that I found on youtube:
NEW school prayer written by a teenager from Ohio
Since the Pledge of Allegiance & The Lords Prayer are not allowed in achools anymore, because the word ‘God’ is mentioned… A teen in Ohio wrote this….
NEW School prayer:
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That’s no offense; it’s a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God’s name is prohibited by the state.
We’re allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks..
They’ve outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the ‘unwed daddy,’ our Senior King.
It’s ‘inappropriate’ to teach right from wrong,
We’re taught that such ‘judgments’ do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.
It’s scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school’s a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen
NEW School prayer:
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That’s no offense; it’s a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God’s name is prohibited by the state.
We’re allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks..
They’ve outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the ‘unwed daddy,’ our Senior King.
It’s ‘inappropriate’ to teach right from wrong,
We’re taught that such ‘judgments’ do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.
It’s scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school’s a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen
Friday, August 21, 2009
I'll Do It...Tomorrow
How many times a day do you say something along the lines of 'I'll do it...tomorrow'? I'm guilty, I say that alot and I know you are too.
I use some examples that people use alot:
1. I'll treat them better...tomorrow
2. I'll say I'm sorry...tomorrow
3. I'll forgive...tomorrow
4. I'll read it...tomorrow
5. I'll accept Jesus...tomorrow
6. I'll say 'I love you' and I'll mean it...tomorrow
7. I'll share Jesus with her...tomorrow
You should get the point by now. I'm going to be completly honest with all of you, I'm guilty of all of them. There is no such thing as a tomorrow.
I wasn't planning on writing any of this, but a huge thanks goes to my friend, Matt. He said something that hit a home run on my heart.
He said:
'I just realized something. This could be the last time that I ever talk with you. Jesus could come back at any moment, there is no way of telling. And we don't know when, it could be a few minutes, a day or a year, I don't know.'
And you know, Matt is completly right. We don't know when Jesus will come back. We don't if it could be our last time to see our families, our friends our peers, our co-workers...etc. I'm really guilty when I typed the seventh one... I say that too much. What he said was an 'eye-opening' statement. I take life and the people in my life for granted too much. Of course I know life here on earth can and will end for everyone... I need to take it alot more serious than I do.
What he said was convicting because I don't always treat people the way they should be treated. I disrespect my parent(s)/grandparents, I haven't (and I know you haven't either, don't lie) quite learned when to shut up. Honestly, things should not be this way. There is something/someone, the key piece to lifes' puzzle is missing. I think it's Jesus.
I know I need to treat people better than I do and I know you do too. Everyone (whether you want to openly admit it or not) is still learning when to shut it. I have got to stop saying 'I'll do it...tomorrow' and start saying 'I'll do it...today' Because, as I said before, there really is no tomorrow. We are not promised our next breath. Our lives are here and then they're gone. Like a vapor in the wind.
We tell ourselves and others, 'Don't take life for granted, you never know when it'll be gone.' And far too often that's all we do. The way we live, act, talk and treat people, we should be ashamed! And then we turn right around and say 'don't take life for granted...' We live as if life has no end on earth. Although, we are all well aware that it will end for everyone...there is no exception to that one.
Just even intensly deeply thinking and pondering about what Matt said, kind of freaks me out. Matt is my best guy friend and he managed to hit a home run with that statement.
If I've treated any of you badly in my 15 years of life, I'm really sorry. I do love you although I don't show it when I most likly should. I'm sorry what ever I did that hurt you in any way shape or form. Will you forgive me? Can we start over, somehow someway?
I'll love you and treat you better from now on..well, atleast I will try. It will take time so bare with me and help me out on this one.
I'll do it...today!
Ending this blog with the song One Life To Love by 33Miles from Youtube:
I use some examples that people use alot:
1. I'll treat them better...tomorrow
2. I'll say I'm sorry...tomorrow
3. I'll forgive...tomorrow
4. I'll read it...tomorrow
5. I'll accept Jesus...tomorrow
6. I'll say 'I love you' and I'll mean it...tomorrow
7. I'll share Jesus with her...tomorrow
You should get the point by now. I'm going to be completly honest with all of you, I'm guilty of all of them. There is no such thing as a tomorrow.
I wasn't planning on writing any of this, but a huge thanks goes to my friend, Matt. He said something that hit a home run on my heart.
He said:
'I just realized something. This could be the last time that I ever talk with you. Jesus could come back at any moment, there is no way of telling. And we don't know when, it could be a few minutes, a day or a year, I don't know.'
And you know, Matt is completly right. We don't know when Jesus will come back. We don't if it could be our last time to see our families, our friends our peers, our co-workers...etc. I'm really guilty when I typed the seventh one... I say that too much. What he said was an 'eye-opening' statement. I take life and the people in my life for granted too much. Of course I know life here on earth can and will end for everyone... I need to take it alot more serious than I do.
What he said was convicting because I don't always treat people the way they should be treated. I disrespect my parent(s)/grandparents, I haven't (and I know you haven't either, don't lie) quite learned when to shut up. Honestly, things should not be this way. There is something/someone, the key piece to lifes' puzzle is missing. I think it's Jesus.
I know I need to treat people better than I do and I know you do too. Everyone (whether you want to openly admit it or not) is still learning when to shut it. I have got to stop saying 'I'll do it...tomorrow' and start saying 'I'll do it...today' Because, as I said before, there really is no tomorrow. We are not promised our next breath. Our lives are here and then they're gone. Like a vapor in the wind.
We tell ourselves and others, 'Don't take life for granted, you never know when it'll be gone.' And far too often that's all we do. The way we live, act, talk and treat people, we should be ashamed! And then we turn right around and say 'don't take life for granted...' We live as if life has no end on earth. Although, we are all well aware that it will end for everyone...there is no exception to that one.
Just even intensly deeply thinking and pondering about what Matt said, kind of freaks me out. Matt is my best guy friend and he managed to hit a home run with that statement.
If I've treated any of you badly in my 15 years of life, I'm really sorry. I do love you although I don't show it when I most likly should. I'm sorry what ever I did that hurt you in any way shape or form. Will you forgive me? Can we start over, somehow someway?
I'll love you and treat you better from now on..well, atleast I will try. It will take time so bare with me and help me out on this one.
I'll do it...today!
Ending this blog with the song One Life To Love by 33Miles from Youtube:
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