Have you ever looked at your friends and stepped back to evaluate the status. You know we have different levels of friends. Here is my view of the levels.
1. Life long friends-No matter when, where, why, or how you can pick up like you never missed a day of speaking to each other. They know when you are happy, mad, sad, telling a story,or dodging a tuff conversation. A friend that is there when it all goes south and someone that you can share your deepest thoughts.
2. Your every day friend- the person you can grab lunch with, watch a game with, talk about work, and someone that you can just go below surface level with. These can be great friends but hard for one to share your deepest secrets.
3. The how are you doing friend- the friend you have and the conversation starts and ends with how are you doing.
If you pulled in all of your friends what category would they fall into? I have found as you get older the number in each category changes. The number of life long friends become less and the number of how are you doing friends increase. Why is this?
One, our issues increase and we are less likely to share with others creating hurdles between friendships. I think this can easily be over came, but my second reason is the hardest. We allow our lives to come so busy and full of busy activities we miss out on relationship
building. We miss out on times where you can actually communicate. Real communication......no texting, emails, or face booking. We get stuck being busy and unable to just relax long enough to enjoy a real relationship.
My goal for the next month is to "unbusy" myself to a point where I could enjoy a relationship. Do you need to unbusy your life so that you can fill your life with meaningful relationships.
Your meaningful relationship will only go as deep as you are willing to allow it to go!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Good News
Good News......what does that mean? Does it mean Fox News covered the weather well, does it mean your best friend just purchased a new car, does it mean today someone had a child, or ............? How would you rank the good news in your life this year?
Defining Good News can be difficult because our ability to define it varies from person to person. Why so hard? Because over time our view of Good News has changed.
Paul writes about him being filled with the joy to spread the Good News. He said "Good News" seven times in the first 17 versus of chapter 1 of Romans. When you say the same thing over and over it must carry some type of value. So what was the Good News? Good News to Paul was the amazing opportunity he had to teach the gospel. Good News was the gospel that he could share with others. Romans 1:12 I mean that I want us to help each other with faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you. Paul wanted us to know that having faith in God and putting our trust in God allows God to use his power save us.
Wow.......to teach the gospel, that seems so far from winning the lottery and never having to work again. That sounds like work, so how is that good news?
The power of God to save me........that is Good News.
So I ask you, how do you define good news? Romans 1:17 states the good news shows how God makes people right with himself- that it begins and ends with faith.
Has your ranking of good news changed?
Defining Good News can be difficult because our ability to define it varies from person to person. Why so hard? Because over time our view of Good News has changed.
Paul writes about him being filled with the joy to spread the Good News. He said "Good News" seven times in the first 17 versus of chapter 1 of Romans. When you say the same thing over and over it must carry some type of value. So what was the Good News? Good News to Paul was the amazing opportunity he had to teach the gospel. Good News was the gospel that he could share with others. Romans 1:12 I mean that I want us to help each other with faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you. Paul wanted us to know that having faith in God and putting our trust in God allows God to use his power save us.
Wow.......to teach the gospel, that seems so far from winning the lottery and never having to work again. That sounds like work, so how is that good news?
The power of God to save me........that is Good News.
So I ask you, how do you define good news? Romans 1:17 states the good news shows how God makes people right with himself- that it begins and ends with faith.
Has your ranking of good news changed?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Ok
Ok I am watching Teen Mom on MTV tonight. I think teens should watch this show. Why? Because this is the life of those that have babies to early. It is hard, you get tired, you have no sleep, and it is a struggle. A baby at 16 limits your chance of finishing high school, going to college, finding your forever mate, and obtaining that post college life changing job. I am not saying those things want happen but having a child at 16 makes it much harder.
Outside of the above things think about the differences between a teen parent and a teenager.
1. Going to the movies without taking a new born or worrying about a babysitter.
2. Paying for the babysitter.
3. Getting up several times a night to feed the baby and change diapers.
4. Spending money on diapers vs. Buying new jeans.
5. Getting baby fat vs. Beach ripped and tan
Ok this list could go on and on.
Make wise calls, parent
Outside of the above things think about the differences between a teen parent and a teenager.
1. Going to the movies without taking a new born or worrying about a babysitter.
2. Paying for the babysitter.
3. Getting up several times a night to feed the baby and change diapers.
4. Spending money on diapers vs. Buying new jeans.
5. Getting baby fat vs. Beach ripped and tan
Ok this list could go on and on.
Make wise calls, parent
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