I am going to start by telling you that I am a Christian and it is my belief that God is the center of everything so if you don't agree with me this post may not be for you.
This morning's sermon got my brain a pumping and I wanted to come to the big blue chair to write some of it down.
The gist was that we often times place ourselves in the lead role of our lives when in fact we are merely an extra in the big picture. I guess I better do a disclaimer now for the people who are convinced that the sun rises and sets on their pointy little heads. It...doesn't.
God is the lead role, whether you want him to be or not he is the focus of this story. You are but a blip on the timeline of life but God is a constant. He has and will always be there.
Stop getting so caught up in the stress and drama that is your every day life and start placing the focus where it should be. Imagine yourself to be in a movie and God is the lead role. If you started talking over God's lines the director would yell CUT!!! because some crazy extra had lost their ever lovin' mind and they were making it all about them! You would be fired on the spot and sent on your merry way.
If you will stop focusing on the things that bother you or worry you and focus on what God would have you do, your life will be much richer! I'm not saying that life will be perfect and there will be no pain. We live in a fallen world, pain is inevitable. I am saying that your life will be focused on light, not darkness, and that will put you on the right path.
Be a blessing to those around you. A joy to have come in contact with. A bright spot in an otherwise dark day. Be kind.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Popularity.
Popularity. I am really tired of hearing. My children will tell me who is popular and who is not. My son asks me why a person is popular when they are so mean. My daughter will not be able to tell me why a child is popular just that they are perceived to be so.
What makes someone popular? Does it change depending on where you are in your life? Is it dependent upon your stuff? How big your house is? What kind of snack you bring to school?
Are you proud because your child is considered popular? Happy that they are invited to all of the birthday parties? Why is that? Is it because your child is kind? Who is your child kind to? The quiet kids? The loners? The special needs kids? The kids that aren't anything like them?
No, probably not. At least not in the crazy world that is adolescence. There is really no rhyme or reason to who is popular but I can tell you one thing that I have observed. It is never the person that I, as an adult, think should be popular.
The only conclusion I can draw from my observations is that these individuals have a short lived popularity. Middle school is their mountain top. It is all downhill from here. If your popularity is based on picking on the little guy that will eventually get old. If your popularity is based on your stuff, you might be popular in the future but it will be a superficial popularity and to be quite honest I think that might be worse. To not know who your true friends are? To not have a friend that if you needed them and there was nothing you could do for them they would still show up no questions asked.
Do not base your self worth on the opinions of those around you. You might be sitting in the middle of a brood of vipers. Find people that have the same likes that you do, and if sometimes that is just you that is perfectly ok God knows what you need, he will provide.
Be kind.
What makes someone popular? Does it change depending on where you are in your life? Is it dependent upon your stuff? How big your house is? What kind of snack you bring to school?
Are you proud because your child is considered popular? Happy that they are invited to all of the birthday parties? Why is that? Is it because your child is kind? Who is your child kind to? The quiet kids? The loners? The special needs kids? The kids that aren't anything like them?
No, probably not. At least not in the crazy world that is adolescence. There is really no rhyme or reason to who is popular but I can tell you one thing that I have observed. It is never the person that I, as an adult, think should be popular.
The only conclusion I can draw from my observations is that these individuals have a short lived popularity. Middle school is their mountain top. It is all downhill from here. If your popularity is based on picking on the little guy that will eventually get old. If your popularity is based on your stuff, you might be popular in the future but it will be a superficial popularity and to be quite honest I think that might be worse. To not know who your true friends are? To not have a friend that if you needed them and there was nothing you could do for them they would still show up no questions asked.
Do not base your self worth on the opinions of those around you. You might be sitting in the middle of a brood of vipers. Find people that have the same likes that you do, and if sometimes that is just you that is perfectly ok God knows what you need, he will provide.
Be kind.
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