There are so many things which I want to change about myself. Here are some of the things I want to change in my life as I close out the first [amazing!] year of college:
1) Deepen my intimacy with GOD through the spiritual disciplines of prayer, meditation, fasting, and scripture reading.
2) Eat well - I want to eat organic like I used to. It's healthy. It's so hard to break bad eating habits. I also want to exercise my body daily.
3) Seek that which ought to be sought - most people live seeking the pleasures of this life, in whatever form these such pleasures might come, but I want to seek that which is to be sought: GOD and His kingdom.
4) Care more for others than for myself - when I was in junior high, I was always the reject kid. I remember how lonely it felt, and I remember crying myself to sleep at night many times. I vowed never to become one of those who excludes others; I know the pain. Last week I found myself as the one who was excluding, and when I realized it, I felt so horrible. I want to reach out to those society spurs, I want to embrace them and show them a love that has no agenda.
5) Really live - I want to live the God-life. I always get caught up in futile pursuits, thinking that earth in its present state is my home. I wish to just devour the gospels and live the way Jesus tells me to live, for I know that his teachings show us the way we are really meant to live, and living them brings great joy.
6) I want to simplify my life. I've made life so complicated when it's really so simple.
7) I want to be more Christ-like: more selfless, more humble, more sacrificial, more serving, more kind. I know this comes by no amount of sheer willpower; I will only experience this by GOD's spirit entering me and changing me.
1) Deepen my intimacy with GOD through the spiritual disciplines of prayer, meditation, fasting, and scripture reading.
2) Eat well - I want to eat organic like I used to. It's healthy. It's so hard to break bad eating habits. I also want to exercise my body daily.
3) Seek that which ought to be sought - most people live seeking the pleasures of this life, in whatever form these such pleasures might come, but I want to seek that which is to be sought: GOD and His kingdom.
4) Care more for others than for myself - when I was in junior high, I was always the reject kid. I remember how lonely it felt, and I remember crying myself to sleep at night many times. I vowed never to become one of those who excludes others; I know the pain. Last week I found myself as the one who was excluding, and when I realized it, I felt so horrible. I want to reach out to those society spurs, I want to embrace them and show them a love that has no agenda.
5) Really live - I want to live the God-life. I always get caught up in futile pursuits, thinking that earth in its present state is my home. I wish to just devour the gospels and live the way Jesus tells me to live, for I know that his teachings show us the way we are really meant to live, and living them brings great joy.
6) I want to simplify my life. I've made life so complicated when it's really so simple.
7) I want to be more Christ-like: more selfless, more humble, more sacrificial, more serving, more kind. I know this comes by no amount of sheer willpower; I will only experience this by GOD's spirit entering me and changing me.
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