Sunday Scriptures

“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known. ~ Deuteronomy 11:26-28

What Is It?

What is your life going to be about? There's a million things that your life can be about. Wine collecting, rat killing, prairie dog preservation (lol), family, government, church, etc. We are all going to be a combination of some of these things, but all of us are going to have our own specific area. That's why you can't say everyone has to be just like you. God created all of us with different gifts and abilities that we should use and not bury under the ground. Many of us can pine away with wanting what we can't have or are not in a stage of life to be able to act on those aspirations.

Rather than wandering through life being pushed from one place to another, let's live life purposefully. Just because you could do a million things doesn't mean you have the ability to do a million things. Try to find something and make it yours. Become good at something. Work hard. Love others. Love God.

Sorry, kind of rambly. I'm tired. >_< Zzzzz

Sunday Scriptures

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. ~ 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Storyteller

I'm interested in film. art, photography, etc. And so I tend to watch a ton of amateur stuff. The thing that I've found to be super important is story. It seems too many people want to be good filmmakers, but they ignore the story. They like their cool panning shots, shaky cam stuff, lighting, etc. But in that jumble they make unrealistic stories that no one connects to, or wants to connect to. Stories are what we connect to. We watch youtube videos with substandard quality, and enjoy it because it's a good story that we can connect to or want to be part of.

Peace

Peace is important. Too many of us aren't peaceful to be around. We get angry too quickly. We get frustrated. We get discouraged. We are selfish. Not enough peace. This doesn't mean that we aren't busy. You can be busy and not be angry, selfish, and discouraged. This is something I need to work on. ^_^ G'night.

Have Fun, Work Hard

I think you can have fun working hard. Doing it with friends helps alot. ^_^ YAY!!!!!

Always Right

All of us have a very strong intuition in many different areas. We believe we are right, even though we have nothing to base our opinions on except our own personal experiences. And personal experiences are not a great way to determine if we are right. We need to test out our intuitions. One thing I really appreciate about my dad is he is a statistics guy. He tests out many of his intuitions using statistics and studies. And this is really important in our lives. We could be wrong. And that's why we use a testing of what we think to be right. That's why studies and statistics are so important, and not television, well placed political words, etc.