Life is nothing but a scrapping brawl. You can't lose if you keep fighting. Sure, you yourself may lose your part of the fight, but if you keep doing your part, God will be there to take care of the rest, and thusly you can never lose. In other words, "greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world."
Statements like this have been lost on me before. There was a period not too long ago when I thought I could think my way through life, but that proved to be quite an impossible task. The result of that particular quest drove me into a fairly deep depression.
Then, I thought I could do well if I just acted on feelings and denied my thoughts and moved on the motto "if it feels good, do it." Luckily, my parents raised me with certain convictions that kept me from doing anything too silly. But that was ultimately unfulfilling as well, and actually drove me into a fairly deep depression to the point where I was in counseling and on anti-depressants for a time.
Soon, it struck me that I was not incorporating the element of my will in the development of my worldview, and so I set my nose to the grindstone and just started doing things to get ahead. A sort of voluntary workaholism, if you will. This proved more beneficial in affecting my attitude at the outset than either of the previous methods, but I have found even now that doing things just for the sake of doing them is hollow.
So, this blog is here to offer support to anyone who is stuck in any one of those modes: thinking alone is an empty hole that leads to insanity, feeling an empty hole that leads to depression, and doing an empty hole that leads to, well, an empty hole. In the good advices of the Greeks, I would say this: "All things in moderation." However, that doesn't mean not pursuing any one of them and just giving up. It was no mistake that both the Old and New Testament remind us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Notice that every aspect of our being is incoporated in that. I honestly think that the reason for that is not just because God deserves it, but because we cannot survive without giving all of our everything to something.
Be encouraged, because this revelation encouraged me. Fight the good fight of the faith with everything you have, if for no other reason than the only other alternative is death. In war, it is the coward who dies in shame, but the man who cares nothing for his life will either die with honor or be able to live knowing that he did what needs to be done. All of you who are in Christ are more than conquerors.
Statements like this have been lost on me before. There was a period not too long ago when I thought I could think my way through life, but that proved to be quite an impossible task. The result of that particular quest drove me into a fairly deep depression.
Then, I thought I could do well if I just acted on feelings and denied my thoughts and moved on the motto "if it feels good, do it." Luckily, my parents raised me with certain convictions that kept me from doing anything too silly. But that was ultimately unfulfilling as well, and actually drove me into a fairly deep depression to the point where I was in counseling and on anti-depressants for a time.
Soon, it struck me that I was not incorporating the element of my will in the development of my worldview, and so I set my nose to the grindstone and just started doing things to get ahead. A sort of voluntary workaholism, if you will. This proved more beneficial in affecting my attitude at the outset than either of the previous methods, but I have found even now that doing things just for the sake of doing them is hollow.
So, this blog is here to offer support to anyone who is stuck in any one of those modes: thinking alone is an empty hole that leads to insanity, feeling an empty hole that leads to depression, and doing an empty hole that leads to, well, an empty hole. In the good advices of the Greeks, I would say this: "All things in moderation." However, that doesn't mean not pursuing any one of them and just giving up. It was no mistake that both the Old and New Testament remind us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Notice that every aspect of our being is incoporated in that. I honestly think that the reason for that is not just because God deserves it, but because we cannot survive without giving all of our everything to something.
Be encouraged, because this revelation encouraged me. Fight the good fight of the faith with everything you have, if for no other reason than the only other alternative is death. In war, it is the coward who dies in shame, but the man who cares nothing for his life will either die with honor or be able to live knowing that he did what needs to be done. All of you who are in Christ are more than conquerors.
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