So ya im busy watching the Olympic torch run right now for all who is watching as well. Just watching 30 mins until the beginning of the Olympics got me thinking I should blog, since i didnt do that for a while now.
Anyways, i just wanted to talk about the Bible right now. For many ACI students, u should no that almost everyday we have a 20 min period called DEAR(Drop everything and read), which i assume all of u just sleep or read some sort of nonsense. However, during that time period, i actually read the Bible, which was perfect cuz it's a very quiet time and u have 20 mins to actually read something. This shows y my Bible is pretty dirty in the pages cuz i read it during DEAR for about almost half a year. DEAR is sort of like my daily devotion period since im pretty much busy for the rest of the day.
Anyways, thats not the point. I just wanted to discuss the Bible today. At first, when i decided to read the Bible from scratch to finish (yes im pretty hardcore tryin to read the whole thing and tryin to understand it), i thought it will be pretty boring cuz many ppl say its boring. Actually when i began reading it, it wasnt actually bad and it was pretty interesting cuz in the beginning of the Bible, it was all narratives. At first i just read it for the sake of my boredom during DEAR. However as i started reading, it was pretty amazing. I realize just how amazing and great God is. Other that performing miracles, he punished ppl including the Israelites like a Father when they dont respect him. It changed my view of the Bible from a boring book to a great worthwhile book to read with many things to learn.
Just wanted to encourage u guys to read the Bible more often. It may not be as boring as u think :) and its very good to learn about God's word. Im reading Proverbs right now, try to catch up :)
More later
Al
(P.S. for the fellowship, i still didnt get any Samuel fellowship emails since Jan. 7. So make sure u include my email in the weekly reminder)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Spiritual Disipline
Wow. So i'm at a loss for words, but i have so much to say.
So starting with my main point. So i was in the shower the other day, and the verse comparing physical training and spiritual training popped into my head. It goes something like this: 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.1Tim 4:8 (i'm not sure if this is what i was looking for, but the meaning's there.) And i thought of LAST year, when we made SMART goals as a fellowship. I remember mine was to exercise at least twice a week. HAHA. then sometime in June Tina sent out an email to remind us of our goals. I just brushed it off, and forgot about it. But this year i actually started doing something. I've been going to the gym in the morning before my classes with one of my friends every mon/wed/fri and usually saturday as well. Anyway, this is beside the point. So back to the Bible verse. And i was thinking, wow, i'm actually doing SOMETHING and you can kindaaaa see results. haha. And on top of that, i feel so energized and such after i started exercising more. And now i'm like... wow, what if i was this disciplined in reading the Bible daily. It's not just reading the bible, but actually getting down and studying it like it's as HARDCORE as a physical workout. To a point that it's making a significant difference in your life, and it actually takes effort to do it, not just skimming over it. I really hope i can do that. Anyone up for the challenge with me? :):)
OKAY, second point (of many). So CCF has actually been quite hardcore as well. everyweek, they would have a 'question of the week' at the end of each program. The last one was about this dude talking about his faith. He started saying that in order to out reach, we gotta know our own faith and stuff, and answer the questions like 'WHY ARE YOU CHRISTIAN.' then he goes on to talk about how often he gets asked that question by non-christians, and how he tries to explain it. Then he challenged us, to really reflect and think about the MORE important question. "ARE you christian?" I think that's really hard to say. Is there some sort of checklist that makes us christian? Like Anthony's favorite verse, "21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'" Matt7: 21-23. How do you reply to that?
more thoughts:
So i've been quite busy this past week. now that i think about it, i'm a little ashamed of how i've treated this guy that wanted to talk to me. He was saying how he's been having a tough week, 'caught in sin' and 'waiting for God to find him again' kinda thing. At that moment, I think i was just too caught up with myself that i was insensitive to his feelings and kinda just said.. "oh.. well, at least you know that God is there all the time, and everythign will be okay". But really.. when you're upset, how is that gonna help? He needed something more and i didnt give it to him. I'm just feeling.. a little disappointed in myself, i guess. Another thing to work on.
i'll leave for now :) haha, but if you have time, have a listen. it's been on my heart this past week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nd9QgNao5M REIGN IN US.
love,
--amy. (sorry for the long long post.)
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