Random begining…

This is what I’ve been thinking about recently, just a lot of thoughts floating on my mind. I’ll make a proper post before the week ends.

- Marriage. Is it too early to think about it? Is it the logical next step?

- Dating. To date or not to date? How will I be able to discern?

- Career. After school this year, would I like to work? Where do I see myself professionally in the next 5 years?

- Faith. Religion, Am I christian enough? Am I godly enough?

- Relationships. Family and friends. What kind of friendships have I built?

“For it is often in times of loneliness that I have found God”. God is closer to the broken hearted and I’ll let Him heal me in His time.

Reflections

With the year 2009 coming to an end, there has been a lot for me to reflect upon. This year has seen my most intense relationships break down, get repaired and progress. I am referring to the three men in my life, one whose spot remains vacant. I have grown up a lot mostly to see my dad in an entirely different light. He has moved from being strict to disciplined in my books. My boyfriend whom I am no longer with at the moment has also seen a different side of me. That I can be passionate about something so much. But the best of all is God and how I look forward to focusing on my relationship with Him. There have been so many intense moments in 2009 that I look upon and think God must be present. I have so much to be thankful for and a lot of even more work to do in 2010. I have let my relationship with him slide because I have become downright lazy. But I am thankful for his grace and that I am slowly picking up. I am not a backslider or a quitter, my spirituality is my number one priority. I have decided that the first 40-something days of 2010 will be focused on my relationship with God right before I turn a new age. May God help me.

Sincerely,

F8ful-deviant.

Don’t Justify, Testify!

We live in a world which has its own standards for what it does, each relative but still as immoral. There is now even unreasonable justification for everything that is done as evident with the changing times. In this behaviour, we permit ourselves to become citizens of the world by virtue of its influence on us. The christian will not live in a vacuum where he/she is unaffected by the doings of the world, rather will be continually surrounded by the evils that men do. It can affect us in a variety of ways, either we succumb or we abstain or we do both. The latter is the trickiest because it is an indication of a wandering soul. To succumb to worldly pressures in public all the while convincing ones self of being untainted is a fallacy.In the same vein, returning to the Lord with justifications for said actions makes us less than able to live up to His standards.

Luke 16:15 (NIV)

He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God’s sight.

God’s standards are clearly different from that of the world. We should never try to reconcile the two, light and darkness do not mix. If you are for the Lord, do as He pleases and stay away from “justifying yourselves in the eyes of men”. By doing so, you conform yourself to the acts of men and confine your person to this world. Rather, bring men to the Lord by testifying His goodness to them.

Stay Blessed,

F8ful Deviant

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