i feel like i need to get some stuff out so i'll just blog about it. im having one of those moments where i feel like i want to pour my soul out. at the same time, i cant think of any words to describe what i want to say.
sort of OT (off topic..i learned that on a forum ive been reading!), but i'll talk about something i've been thinking about since the conference...not so much a soul-pouring moment, but here it goes. one thing ive been struggling with is having a Christ-centered life. i know we need it, but ive been trying to figure out what i would change in my life to make it more Christ-centered. its hard for me to say something in my life is NOT Cc (my new abbreviation, it'll be popular some day), so it's been hard for me to discern what i need to change in my life.
alex shared about an area in his life that i felt resonated with mine. while sharing in epic about what we learned from the conference, he talked about how he feels that he has different intentions with different friends. for example, i'll eat lunch with this friend..i'll work out with this friend..i'll be goofy with this friend..and it'll be spiritual with this friend. i definitely do this and i think its a pattern we all fall into. it isnt Christ-like. Jesus didnt have that mindset at all, he ate and hung out with the his disciples, beggars, prostitutes, and the unwanted. he didnt say "i'll talk about my glory to these people, but with those people, i'll just have fun." if we want to be Christ-like with our friends, then we need to have the SAME intentions with all of them, and that is to share about the gospel of Jesus Christ. but of course, there are different approaches to doing this for different people, so use discernment!
stay tuned until i find a way to articulate what i truly wanted to say!
(in 10 seans = intentions...hehe get it...?)
agreed
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also, i agree. i definitely struggled with this, like, should i be open with my faith with this person? what if they think i'm insane? ya? buttttt i mean...start out slow! =) i started openly talking about my faith with like...a guy that was pretty liberal in a lot of ways. he thought i was crazy, but like, he's never heard of christianity from this sort of stance, as in, it's an intimate relationship, not just like a "follow all these rules in this book or else you'll drop dead and go to hell" sort of thing. i think as long as you are intentional in your actions, even if it's small stuff...like going out of your way to show you care? you'll demonstrate god's love through that! and then maybe one day we can be so so so overflowing in God's love that we can show it in EVERYTHING we do, and then, we'd be christ-centered like how he wants us to be!! but i'm rambling now, this isn't making much sense and my glasses are foggy i feel super nerdy right now. fight the good fight man! =)
also, LOL IN 10 SEANS
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oh seeeannnn me and beverly concluded that all 3 of our brains are connected via invisible umbilical cords.
i heard all of this in verbal form :)
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