So, I have recently realized that I spend way too much time doing things that don't matter and not enough time on things that do matter. Obviously not being able to go "cold-turkey" on these time-wasters I have created a dare, that I have already shared with a friend. What is this dare??? Well, I will explain using an example. I spend way too much time on Facebook. Let's use an hour of my time on Facebook for this example.
~ Ok, the hour that I usually spend on Facebook is now split into sections of other things.
~ 25% of the time, 15 minutes, will be spent with God.
~ another 25%, another 15 minutes, will be spent on homework.
~ the other 50%, 30 minutes, will be spent on Facebook.
My hope is that slowly the time with God and homework time will grow greater while the time on Facebook decreases. I realize that Facebook won't ever be completely out of my life, but it will be for the best if I start decreasing the time now, for when it really matters and I have more important things to tend to...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
No Words To Describe It
I am both speechless and don't want to stop talking about this weekend. How does that work? Well, there are no words to describe the conference itself, but there are a plethora of words to explain how it impacted me. Let me explain...
This past weekend I went to a youth conference in Lincoln called Dare 2 Share. This was my fifth year going, the first year that I went as a chaperone, the first year I went on my own will (not being invited by someone else), and this is the year that it completely sunk in. In past years, I was there and I listened and I said that I would live out my faith, but this year is the year that I WILL live it out. It is too soon to tell if this will actually work or not, but this year it completely hit me in a different way. To attempt to explain the weekend, here are some quotes from the conference:
"I am trying to stay cool, but I have magma in my veins"
"How much do you have to hate someone to know about Jesus and eternal life and not to share it with them?"
"Ok, I got my letter from Hell. Where is my letter from heaven?""You, you are the letter from heaven for other people."
"THE Cause isn't new, it is 2,000 years old!"
"Pardon me while my heart bursts into flames. I try to control it but I can't. There's magma in my veins."
"If I'm not grounded, I'll fly into this odyssey, get caught up in what the darkness tries to offer me. so pardon me, while my heart bursts into flames, im trying to stay cool, but ive got magma in my veins"
"From electrons to galaxies and everything in between, only you were created in His image."
Ok, to explain some of those: the ones with "magma in my veins" are from Propaganda, who did some rap throughout the weekend. "How much do you have to hate someone to know about Jesus and eternal life and not to share it with them?" is from Penn, from Penn & Teller, who is a very well known atheist and is talking about someone that evangelized to him. Great video. The letter from Hell is from the drama, that was 2 parts this year instead of one... THE Cause = The Great Commission. And the last one, Greg Steir said during one of the teachings.
That is my attempt to explain the weekend itself in words without taking forever. The thing that impacted me the most was the drama. Oh my gosh, I have some friends who would/and sadly could send me a letter from Hell. It is my job/obligation/duty to fix this!
This past weekend I went to a youth conference in Lincoln called Dare 2 Share. This was my fifth year going, the first year that I went as a chaperone, the first year I went on my own will (not being invited by someone else), and this is the year that it completely sunk in. In past years, I was there and I listened and I said that I would live out my faith, but this year is the year that I WILL live it out. It is too soon to tell if this will actually work or not, but this year it completely hit me in a different way. To attempt to explain the weekend, here are some quotes from the conference:
"I am trying to stay cool, but I have magma in my veins"
"How much do you have to hate someone to know about Jesus and eternal life and not to share it with them?"
"Ok, I got my letter from Hell. Where is my letter from heaven?""You, you are the letter from heaven for other people."
"THE Cause isn't new, it is 2,000 years old!"
"Pardon me while my heart bursts into flames. I try to control it but I can't. There's magma in my veins."
"If I'm not grounded, I'll fly into this odyssey, get caught up in what the darkness tries to offer me. so pardon me, while my heart bursts into flames, im trying to stay cool, but ive got magma in my veins"
"From electrons to galaxies and everything in between, only you were created in His image."
Ok, to explain some of those: the ones with "magma in my veins" are from Propaganda, who did some rap throughout the weekend. "How much do you have to hate someone to know about Jesus and eternal life and not to share it with them?" is from Penn, from Penn & Teller, who is a very well known atheist and is talking about someone that evangelized to him. Great video. The letter from Hell is from the drama, that was 2 parts this year instead of one... THE Cause = The Great Commission. And the last one, Greg Steir said during one of the teachings.
That is my attempt to explain the weekend itself in words without taking forever. The thing that impacted me the most was the drama. Oh my gosh, I have some friends who would/and sadly could send me a letter from Hell. It is my job/obligation/duty to fix this!
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