Monday, January 31, 2005

I have given it a lot of thought, and I have to say... Kip has rapidly become my favourite Napoleon Dynamite character.

posted by Jules @ Monday, January 31, 2005 1 comments

Saturday, January 22, 2005

There is something I wonder about a lot, and am actually kind of hoping for some feedback on the issue.... Why do we resist ourselves on the things that are so important to us? Is it a lack of self respect (cuz I think I have enough of that going on), is it the whole flesh and the spirit thing? What? Perhaps I should clarify with an example. You want to do really well in school so you have these grandiose plans to study your *ss off, but then it turns out you would rather alphabetize the contents of your refrigerator or order your sock drawer chronologically than actually buckle down and do the thing that is going to help you succeed in your goal. How about working out? It's fun, right? Like, it is. It's fun. So why is it so hard to get to a gym? Pick up a Bible? Phone someone you need to straighten things out with? Whatever.... It is always better once we have done the thing we were planning to do. Not doing it makes us feel as though we are failing somehow. Is it just a total lack of self discipline? I am no worse off in this area than I ever have been (which isn't saying a lot), but I have been thinking about it, and wonder if anyone has any pertinent thoughts.... So... ha ha, what are you failing at and why? ;)

posted by Jules @ Saturday, January 22, 2005 5 comments

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

I wonder if we who follow Jesus aren't a little cowardly sometimes. So afraid of falling out of His will, it seems we would rather live small and inconsequential lives than risk making a "bad decision." Life is reduced to a series of absolute yes or no questions: Should I or shouldn't I? We become dichotomous thinkers--only one decision can be right; anything else must be wrong. Like God isn't bigger than that. Like He can't handle our humanity. I hate the idea of missed potential. Of forsaken dreams and ideas. There is a distinction between fear and discernment. Life is meant for living. God's people should be marked by freedom. Who else has such reason for boldness? I am not speaking of blatant belligerence or rebellion, but of a supernatural confidence in the One whose arms are ever underneath...

posted by Jules @ Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3 comments