Ok I am going to try to be more faithful in blogging than I have been on my xanga site, so far I haven't been greatly successful. ;-)
Good meeting tonight! Bro. Steve Ulrich from Illinois has been sharing with us the past few nights. You know the thing that most amazes me about Bro. Steve is his humility. There is something about humility that draws you to a speaker.
Tonight he particularly addressed the youth and I was so encouraged by what he said. He talked about the fact that we are living in a Babylon and that's all well and good. We as youth hear that so much, and to be honest that fact alone can be very discouraging. However he did not stay there, but focused more on how just as Daniel was able to take a stand and make the right choices in the Babylon of his day, so we as youth have all the resources we need to take a stand and make the right choices despite the wickedness of the world in which we live.
The temptation for older adults is to dwell on how evil and sinful and wicked this world is--you've all heard the "What's this world coming too..." phrase. The temptation for youth is to put the blinders on. I mean who wants to think about a future of living in a terrible world--we as youth want to optimistically believe that this world is ok and we're gonna make it even better. I don't know, I think either age-group can learn from each other. Mostly I think personally that I would rather than see things a little more optimistically. Rather than this world is terrible, what is God's great plan for me in this world, and how can He through me make this world a better place.
Can we(only with God's spirit living in us) make this world a better place? I'd like to think so, otherwise we might as well all die and go to Heaven tonight. God has us here for a reason whether it's to touch others lives with the message of His good news, to encourage the hearts of believers , or to be a shining light through the kindness and love we bestow to all of mankind, Maybe I'm being to youthfully optimistic, but I just know I have to believe that God has put me here on this sin-cursed earth to make a difference for the better. Also I really feel a need to see good in the world around me. Maybe it's just my personallity, but if I were to focus on the bad all around me and I know there is plenty of it, I think I would get so discouraged, and would feel like curling up in a ball and letting the world pass me by until it's my time to go home. I really want to focus on the good that's happens every day, the little testimonies of God's grace and goodness and at the same time not put my blinders on to the bad. I want God's spirit to shine through this dark world to touch the lives of this world with His love. Is this possible? I believe it is...
Good meeting tonight! Bro. Steve Ulrich from Illinois has been sharing with us the past few nights. You know the thing that most amazes me about Bro. Steve is his humility. There is something about humility that draws you to a speaker.
Tonight he particularly addressed the youth and I was so encouraged by what he said. He talked about the fact that we are living in a Babylon and that's all well and good. We as youth hear that so much, and to be honest that fact alone can be very discouraging. However he did not stay there, but focused more on how just as Daniel was able to take a stand and make the right choices in the Babylon of his day, so we as youth have all the resources we need to take a stand and make the right choices despite the wickedness of the world in which we live.
The temptation for older adults is to dwell on how evil and sinful and wicked this world is--you've all heard the "What's this world coming too..." phrase. The temptation for youth is to put the blinders on. I mean who wants to think about a future of living in a terrible world--we as youth want to optimistically believe that this world is ok and we're gonna make it even better. I don't know, I think either age-group can learn from each other. Mostly I think personally that I would rather than see things a little more optimistically. Rather than this world is terrible, what is God's great plan for me in this world, and how can He through me make this world a better place.
Can we(only with God's spirit living in us) make this world a better place? I'd like to think so, otherwise we might as well all die and go to Heaven tonight. God has us here for a reason whether it's to touch others lives with the message of His good news, to encourage the hearts of believers , or to be a shining light through the kindness and love we bestow to all of mankind, Maybe I'm being to youthfully optimistic, but I just know I have to believe that God has put me here on this sin-cursed earth to make a difference for the better. Also I really feel a need to see good in the world around me. Maybe it's just my personallity, but if I were to focus on the bad all around me and I know there is plenty of it, I think I would get so discouraged, and would feel like curling up in a ball and letting the world pass me by until it's my time to go home. I really want to focus on the good that's happens every day, the little testimonies of God's grace and goodness and at the same time not put my blinders on to the bad. I want God's spirit to shine through this dark world to touch the lives of this world with His love. Is this possible? I believe it is...
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