Thursday, July 3, 2008
Wow. there is no better way to shake up your relationship with the Lord than to have an almost complete stranger but a brother in the Lord ask you how your relationship with the Lord is. That has really set me thinking. Is my relationship with the Lord as it should be? a quick glance and I can say a decided NO.
I have to constantly analyze my own life when I see something in someone else's life that isn't as it should be. Am I the same person in the Youth as I am at home? every time we get together do I have to pull on a mask so I look Spiritual? I like to be who I am; I like not always feeling the pressure that I have to conform to be like those around me so that I will gain favor I don't need. Something that the Lord keeps telling me is that "As long as you do what pleases me, What others say doesn't matter at all"
Any ways. That is a little of what has been running through my head lately. I find I don't open up to people but if I can write it down or post it, it comes out a little clearer.
Thanks for bearing with me.
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In Christ Alone,
Melodie
Labels: Life, rambling, Struggles, Thinking out loud
3 Comments:
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- Anonymous said...
July 3, 2008 at 7:16 PMWow, what you've described is the exact reasons I believe youth groups are a detriment to the health of the church and families. There must be a mix of old and young in order for there to be a balance of youth and zeal along with age and experience.- Melodie Wiebe said...
July 4, 2008 at 10:14 AMOur Youth Group ranges from the ages of 14-26 so we have a diversity of ages and people. God has richly blessed our Youth Group with a love for him. the thing we need now is just to be real not conforming to other members of the group.- Margaret Braun said...
July 5, 2008 at 7:37 AMAmen. So long as it pleases God, it doesn't matter what somebody else thinks. And as for your last comment, yes, it's so important that we're real.
