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WHAT DO YOU WANT?

took this weekend to relax and recuperate after a frenetic month of non-stop craziness. feeling much refreshed and readier to face the next frenetic month of non-stop craziness. ;p

anyway, here’s a thought for ya: we know that in the garden of Gethsemane, before being betrayed and crucified, Jesus prayed that God’s will, rather than his own would be done. somehow, i think he would have prayed the same prayer the night before he chose his disciples and was told to choose Judas as one of the twelve. as a Christian, i am to emulate the example of Christ… so i must ask myself, do i have the humility and faith to choose to live by God’s will even when it seems foolish to common sense?

I’M ADDICTED

little-known fact of the day: the root word for addiction comes from the latin word addicine, meaning to surrender. so if my life is surrendered to Christ, can i say i’m addicted to God?

BROTHERS

growing up as an only child with no male cousins or friends my age, i had always wanted a brother. more specifically, i wanted an older brother. i guess it’s rather typical of a girl to want someone to watch out for her. anyway, unless time could be turned back and history changed, it’s literally impossible for me to get what i wanted. but this week, i’ve realized just how many brothers i have in the larger family of God. being the emotionally taxing week it was, God sent various men to support and encourage me, as well as just check up on me to make sure i didn’t burn myself out. so although i may never have a biological brother, i now see how God has blessed me with many spiritual brothers. and oh how thankful i am for their love.

ROLLERCOASTER RIDE

funny how one moment, i felt like i was on top of things and the next i realized i’m actually at the bottom of a pit.

RUNNING WITH HORSES

so in the midst of some crazy times, here’s a verse my best friend sent to me. both challenging and inspiring…

POISON

lesson of the day: even though it may seem like the easier option at the time, resist the urge to sweep small resentments under the rug. they will accumulate and haunt you. and then you won’t know how to deal with them. (ok, so maybe i just don’t know how to deal with them now…).

i need help.

OUCH

i always remember Philippians chapter 2 as the humility chapter. the first half of it talks about Christ not considering equality with God something to be grasped but humbling Himself to the point of death on a cross. the second section talks about being blameless and pure so that we can shine like stars in a dark world as we hold out the word of life. what i never really looked at was the end of the chapter. on friday, that’s what i got to do. and verse 21 hit me hard. basically, Paul was commending Timothy to the church in Philippi as a man worth honouring and he contrasts Timothy’s genuine interest in them with the general population who are completely absorbed in their own selves.

thinking about that further and seeing how it came on the heels of the humility blurb, i realized that i’d found the key to increasing humility. to be humble, we must consider the interests of Jesus. in other words, when we care about what Christ cares about, we will be humble. when we take genuine interest in the people around us, it is inevitable that we put our own interests aside. humility, then, is a question of whose interests we take to heart – our own, or God’s.