I don't remember if the pastor talked about this in the message today, but somehow, I came across this first in the book of John during the sermon:
It's probably because this phase of life I'm thinking a lot about my childhood and slowly transitioning into adulthood - it's like I never existed as a teenager because I can't really think many things that I did or do that are teenager-like. Weird thing today is that I signed up for a Bible study group today at church, and this lady asked if I had any children. I wanted to say "Does it look like I have children?" but that could have come off in a rude way, so I simply answered with a long "No.......". I mean it's cool that I look like I'm old enough to drink alcohol but children - are you serious? Haha..
I don't need to analyze this quote for you all, right? The underlying meaning of this quote is pretty obvious. To me, though, it's basically that there are more and more constraints as we grow up. I don't know if this quote is supposed to be some kind of thought-provoking one or some kind of warning, but to me I kind of take it as a sort of warning. In thinking that this 'someone' isn't God himself, of course. It's kind of like 'think for yourself, or someone will do it for you'.
The pastor also rephrased another quote from Luke 17:33, something along the lines of "If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you are willing to lose your life, you will find it" (in Christ, of course). I don't have much to say about that quote now but I probably will in the near future. It's definitely something to think about.
I was thinking way too much today and actually being legitimately depressed that it will take me a while before I can get enough money to get a nice Pentax 6 x 7 camera (see below), so I went out for a jog. And this is unusual for me to say - I don't really look at myself after I run because I feel all gross and sweaty. All I do is look at the outline of my face and see how much nicer it looks. But today I decided to just stand in a full-body mirror and I thought wow I actually look pretty hot after I exercise, ahahaha...
I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go. (John 21:18)And to be honest, this is the first time any Bible verse has stuck out to me. The Bible confuses me a lot, to tell the truth, mostly because a lot of the language is rather vague and has other meanings to certain phrases and words. For most of my high school career, I said that John 8:32 was the verse that stuck out to me the verse. Well, not really - mostly because I liked the message it portrayed but I wasn't actually drawn to it like this one up here.
It's probably because this phase of life I'm thinking a lot about my childhood and slowly transitioning into adulthood - it's like I never existed as a teenager because I can't really think many things that I did or do that are teenager-like. Weird thing today is that I signed up for a Bible study group today at church, and this lady asked if I had any children. I wanted to say "Does it look like I have children?" but that could have come off in a rude way, so I simply answered with a long "No.......". I mean it's cool that I look like I'm old enough to drink alcohol but children - are you serious? Haha..
I don't need to analyze this quote for you all, right? The underlying meaning of this quote is pretty obvious. To me, though, it's basically that there are more and more constraints as we grow up. I don't know if this quote is supposed to be some kind of thought-provoking one or some kind of warning, but to me I kind of take it as a sort of warning. In thinking that this 'someone' isn't God himself, of course. It's kind of like 'think for yourself, or someone will do it for you'.
The pastor also rephrased another quote from Luke 17:33, something along the lines of "If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you are willing to lose your life, you will find it" (in Christ, of course). I don't have much to say about that quote now but I probably will in the near future. It's definitely something to think about.
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I was thinking way too much today and actually being legitimately depressed that it will take me a while before I can get enough money to get a nice Pentax 6 x 7 camera (see below), so I went out for a jog. And this is unusual for me to say - I don't really look at myself after I run because I feel all gross and sweaty. All I do is look at the outline of my face and see how much nicer it looks. But today I decided to just stand in a full-body mirror and I thought wow I actually look pretty hot after I exercise, ahahaha...
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