blogging

was meaning to type this up quite a while ago- but what with moving house and everything i misplaced the article i wanted to write about...it's been 3 days since school started again, and though at the moment i don't have much on, my diary is starting to look very full in about 3 weeks time- i have about 3 or 4 major assessments all during that week and i'm starting to think i should probably try to prepare for it now before the next couple of weeks start to get really hectic.

but as i think about the workload ahead, i remind myself of what i learned from KYCKSTART...and i realise that not even a week after KYCKSTART, i'm in danger of falling back into the way things were before. One big example is the tendency i have to complain a lot and make a big fuss about things that i don't like. I know i shouldn't complain because in fact i have a lot that i should be grateful for, but it's so hard to keep eternal perspective and i know that i'm starting to focus on myself and narrow-mindedness instead of thinking about the big picture.

however, i've heard from many people that something that drew them towards Christians was the fact that the Christians they knew always seemed so joyful and that they had peace. I want to be like that...not faking happiness, but to be truly joyful, serving as a witness to my friends. Problem is, it was so easy to be joyful at KYCKSTART, and easy to be joyful at church... but as soon as i step out into the world, it feels like all my problems come and hit me in the face, and i struggle as i try to live day in and day out focusing on what God wants, not what i want.

there's also another issue that relates to this, which is what we say on our blogs. many times before i've been tempted to put up all my complaints and miseries and anger and frustrations in an entry. i've read many entries by other people which do this, writing out all their gripes and griefs. but...we don't know who reads what we write...it might be Christians or non-Christians. If a non-Christian reads your post, what kind of message does it say about you? u see, blogging is meant to be a service, not self-expression. We are entitled to put our opinions out, but it doesn't meant we can post about whatever we like. What we blog about, can also serve as a witness to others- and often does!

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon the earth.
Job 19:25