ok so remember a few weeks ago when we had bible study with me and we were going to get kicked out of the church and all
and the topic for bible study was serving God
and remember my challenge? ( cough* you know who you guys are)
well in case u have short term memory, I'll gladly remind you
share some experience you had with serving God
common guys I know you have these experiences
ok so I said I will too and sorry for the delay caught up in school work and all but here I go:
So last night I was " music searching"
its an on going thing I do where once every like month or two I go and search out underground bands and other bands that are cool and exploring genres.
So my friend and I find this band called eleventyseven and she went on wikipedia to find more about it
and right off from the start of the article she asks " whats a christian band?"
and right there! I had my moment
presented to me and all I had to do was take it
and bam! I did
spent a good while explaining that christian bands are bands that have christian influences which are reflected by lyrics or even their attitudes.
then she got confused and I asked her to choose a song from another band
the song? stick stickly by attack attack!
search up the lyrics if you so please
anyways I spent a good hour going over the song with my friend
what it really meant
and kinda shared my views on it
then I went on trying to share about God and how wonderful things are with him
anyways after all that I think I have made progress
I got her interested right?
so that's my recent experience with serving God sharing my faith with a friend
sure I felt awkward and made myself look like a Jesus freak
but hey! I'm proud of that!
so yup
guys I'm still waiting for your sharings :D
-arth
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
It's easier to study- not so easy to experience...
Prophetic principle: an attempt to distance the worldly from the sacred.
Anyway, quite a bit has happened since a month ago. Firstly, more church-hopping. So I didn't think so before, but in comparison to the places I've been, I now think that our church is considerably conservative. To put it into perspective- you know those churches you see on TV with huge congregations and animated pastors? Yeah, that. It was kind of intimidating at first, because I kinda felt like the pastor was yelling at us because he was so loud and animated, but I can't say that it wasn't powerful. Especially the open and free "hallelujah's" coming from all directions of the sanctuary. Seeing people so open about their joy in the lord was pretty powerful. It's definitely not what I'm used to, but it was a good experience.
I've been trying to be more diligent with not doing stuff that's in "sinful nature", but (excuse my metaphor) it's like a line drawn in the sand- if a wave washes it away, I might not be re-drawing the line in the same place where it should be. I'm finding it really hard to balance being social and being a good Christian. I've been reading things that say like, not to associate if you know sinful stuff's going on because it's easy to get tempted. Another thing that struck me was that associating with those kinds of people is like being a bystander- you know what's going on, why are you not doing anything about it? If I'm not making any sense, the example that was given was on people using the Lord's name in vain- just because you're not doing it, doesn't give you an excuse for knowing that it's going on and just standing there. So what was my solution to this? Don't stand around. As in, don't be there to stand around. I've really distanced myself from my "friends" (honestly, I don't know what to call them) because I know that the stuff they say and do isn't good for me as a Christian. But now I'm not as close with anyone and just keep to myself all the time. I know I'm doing better spiritually because I've gotten stronger, I just don't know what the best approach to this is and how to balance a spiritual and social life.
So I kinda had to stand up for my faith the other day. In a nutshell, it was basically my friend saying that all religions could frankly be made up, even big ones like Christianity. He wasn't really putting up an argument or anything, but I still felt the need to say something. So I just said "well, there is proof..." and before I could get to anything else, he said that he wasn't arguing and that he knows that it could in fact be true- because he's an Anglican. So this had me thinking like...if I really did have to stand up for my faith, would I have been ready? Well, my nervous feeling was telling me that I probably wouldn't have had enough to stand up confidently. This also reminded me of how many people there are that are Christian by name, but not by actions. Like I've said before, this isn't what I wanna be.
Long story short- I'm having trouble figuring out where to draw the line in the sand. The fact that I'm trying tells me that I've grown spiritually at least.
Interesting, I last blogged on the day of my last religion midterm. I had another one today. I like this pattern I have going. Haha
--Sabrina
Anyway, quite a bit has happened since a month ago. Firstly, more church-hopping. So I didn't think so before, but in comparison to the places I've been, I now think that our church is considerably conservative. To put it into perspective- you know those churches you see on TV with huge congregations and animated pastors? Yeah, that. It was kind of intimidating at first, because I kinda felt like the pastor was yelling at us because he was so loud and animated, but I can't say that it wasn't powerful. Especially the open and free "hallelujah's" coming from all directions of the sanctuary. Seeing people so open about their joy in the lord was pretty powerful. It's definitely not what I'm used to, but it was a good experience.
I've been trying to be more diligent with not doing stuff that's in "sinful nature", but (excuse my metaphor) it's like a line drawn in the sand- if a wave washes it away, I might not be re-drawing the line in the same place where it should be. I'm finding it really hard to balance being social and being a good Christian. I've been reading things that say like, not to associate if you know sinful stuff's going on because it's easy to get tempted. Another thing that struck me was that associating with those kinds of people is like being a bystander- you know what's going on, why are you not doing anything about it? If I'm not making any sense, the example that was given was on people using the Lord's name in vain- just because you're not doing it, doesn't give you an excuse for knowing that it's going on and just standing there. So what was my solution to this? Don't stand around. As in, don't be there to stand around. I've really distanced myself from my "friends" (honestly, I don't know what to call them) because I know that the stuff they say and do isn't good for me as a Christian. But now I'm not as close with anyone and just keep to myself all the time. I know I'm doing better spiritually because I've gotten stronger, I just don't know what the best approach to this is and how to balance a spiritual and social life.
So I kinda had to stand up for my faith the other day. In a nutshell, it was basically my friend saying that all religions could frankly be made up, even big ones like Christianity. He wasn't really putting up an argument or anything, but I still felt the need to say something. So I just said "well, there is proof..." and before I could get to anything else, he said that he wasn't arguing and that he knows that it could in fact be true- because he's an Anglican. So this had me thinking like...if I really did have to stand up for my faith, would I have been ready? Well, my nervous feeling was telling me that I probably wouldn't have had enough to stand up confidently. This also reminded me of how many people there are that are Christian by name, but not by actions. Like I've said before, this isn't what I wanna be.
Long story short- I'm having trouble figuring out where to draw the line in the sand. The fact that I'm trying tells me that I've grown spiritually at least.
Interesting, I last blogged on the day of my last religion midterm. I had another one today. I like this pattern I have going. Haha
--Sabrina
Friday, November 13, 2009
Safety
I know that it's been a while since i last blogged. I'm happy right now. He kept my family safe. Everyday i pray that he would keep my family safe, and it actually is true. Just last week or the week before that, the restaurant that my mom worked in got robbed. Luckily, it was the day that my mom has a day off, but if she had work on that day, she would have to go through being scared at that moment. I just really like to thank God right now, i never thought of these things, but just recently i realized that it was God who was keeping my family safe. I mean the robbers could've robbed the restaurant at any other day, but it just so happened that they robbed the restaurant on the day my mom had a day off.
This blog is really short, i'll try to blog some more. :D
-sherm
This blog is really short, i'll try to blog some more. :D
-sherm
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Chemistry
I think im getting crazy from studying chemistry. Seriously, it's all physics :'( This makes me sad.
I saw this when i was doing practice problems though. hahaha. someone tell me the answer ;)
Q: Although einstein made some early contributiosn to quantum theory, he was never able to accept the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. He stated, "God does not play dice with the Universe.' What do you suppose Einstein meant by this remark? in reply to Einstein's remark, Niels Bohr is supposed to have said "Albert, stop telling God what to do." What do you suppose Bohr meant by this remark?
hahah, enjoy. :)
btw, this is me trying to update you on my UNI life. hahaha.
God bless,
--amy.
I saw this when i was doing practice problems though. hahaha. someone tell me the answer ;)
Q: Although einstein made some early contributiosn to quantum theory, he was never able to accept the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. He stated, "God does not play dice with the Universe.' What do you suppose Einstein meant by this remark? in reply to Einstein's remark, Niels Bohr is supposed to have said "Albert, stop telling God what to do." What do you suppose Bohr meant by this remark?
hahah, enjoy. :)
btw, this is me trying to update you on my UNI life. hahaha.
God bless,
--amy.
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