I had four people asked me if I was ok. This shocked me. I think I am feeling ok but obviously to the world, I don't look ok. I find this a little funny because I have been feeling a little convicted of not sleeping enough hours. This has been convicting because this is one habit that is hindering my body. Taking care of my body is an act of worship. When I don't sleep, I am hurting myself. Sleep is an act of worship because my body is created for sleep which God had planned all along.
The main point I'm trying to say is that I need to sleep more. I never really admitted that out loud.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Just be
I'll just be honest here, I do struggle with homesickness. I do wish I was in Texas with the people that I love. Yet I know that I am suppose to be because I am able to live out what I am passionate about. I am making great friendships and I'm learning so much that my brain might just explode with knowledge. Despite all my love that I left behind in Texas (and other places in the world) I know that my time here at Taylor needs to be here. I have students depending on my guidance. I have classmates depending on my brains to get a group project done. I have friendships here that are expecting a joke from here. My point is no matter how homesick or cultured shock I am, I am at Taylor for the glory of the Lord.
This is my opinion but I think that a lot of Christians in the American culture struggle of the concept of being in the place that they are placed. For example, we have all these amazing gadets and social networking tools (i.e. texting, Facebooking, Twitter) that we use and abused for our own amuse. Who cares if you are going to the grocery market to buy toliet paper because your roommate is sitting on the toliet? My point is we are constantly stalking people on Twitter and Facebook that we forget of the face to face contact with have with the people in the flesh. Trust me I struggle with this concept. Somedays I hate that I have Facebook. I see pictures of long lost friends, and I get all sad and moopy. Honestly, if you think about it, it's not healthy to constantly be on facebook and Twitter. I feel like all the normal social skills that we are trained to have end up being wasting away on notifications and status updates.
We need to be where we are. We need to be intentional with the people we spend time with. We need to stop and breathe in for a minute. We need to not be afraid to express what's really going on our hearts. We need to be honest with each other. We need to be aware of those around us. We need to be loving and compassionate. We need to make the effort of intentional community.
We need to just be.
This is my opinion but I think that a lot of Christians in the American culture struggle of the concept of being in the place that they are placed. For example, we have all these amazing gadets and social networking tools (i.e. texting, Facebooking, Twitter) that we use and abused for our own amuse. Who cares if you are going to the grocery market to buy toliet paper because your roommate is sitting on the toliet? My point is we are constantly stalking people on Twitter and Facebook that we forget of the face to face contact with have with the people in the flesh. Trust me I struggle with this concept. Somedays I hate that I have Facebook. I see pictures of long lost friends, and I get all sad and moopy. Honestly, if you think about it, it's not healthy to constantly be on facebook and Twitter. I feel like all the normal social skills that we are trained to have end up being wasting away on notifications and status updates.
We need to be where we are. We need to be intentional with the people we spend time with. We need to stop and breathe in for a minute. We need to not be afraid to express what's really going on our hearts. We need to be honest with each other. We need to be aware of those around us. We need to be loving and compassionate. We need to make the effort of intentional community.
We need to just be.
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