Perfection

Perfection. It's what we are all looking for but can never get. It's always so close, taunting us as if there was any way we could attain it. If only we ran a little faster, tried a little harder, and had a little more money. But it will always be just out of reach. Look at baseball, there have been 22 perfect games in MLB history. But how far does that perfect go? The pitches weren't always perfect, the calls weren't always perfect, therefore, it wasn't a completely perfect game. We can't make anything perfect, nor can there be anything perfect... apart from God. You see, in our journey towards an unattainable perfection we miss the obvious truth that only in God can we be made perfect. God is obviously perfect, that should be known without saying. But look at His creation, even though sin has diminished creation from perfection, there is no doubt how amazing it is considering how everything in the world works together so intricately and intimately. From food chains, to how bodies are composed, to the way the brain works, it's impossible how something like this could ever just appear. After coming to this realization about how the world is put together, it's hard for me to fathom how we think we can attain any form of perfection without God. Nor why we even bother. We will never find the perfect mate, the perfect food, the perfect anything. Except for the perfect Savior and perfect God.

I was looking up the definition of perfect, and a synonym on the side, was unadulterated. The definition of adulterate is "to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods inthe production of (any professedly genuine article)" 

So when we are searching for some sort of perfection on our own accord, we are searching for an adulterated version of perfection. We desire God, but instead of chasing after Him, we settle for something less that will gratify our desire for a short time, only for us to want more. It's not up for me to give you thoughts for this though, I want you to go out and think about this all for yourself and come to your own conclusion. 

Do Everything in Love

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love." -1 Corinthians 16:13-14

So I think that these verses are directed at men, but women can learn from them as well. But I will start by directing it to men.

We as men have a huge responsibility in the church and the family. Later on in 1 Corinthians it says that Christ is the head of the man, and the man the head of the women, and God is the head of Christ. So we as men have to, have to lead the women. Not because they can't lead themselves but because we are called to do that. And as the verse at the top states, we need to be men of courage and be strong. I think that most any man wants to be courageous and strong, but it's that last sentence that can trip up us men. Now some men are able to love naturally, but for a lot of men it is something we have to work at. But that doesn't make it any less essential. Because as my mom once put it, "men desire to be respected, women desire to be loved." Men need to gain respect from their wives, girlfriends and even daughters by being a man of courage and being strong. But as men we have to give women the love they desire and deserve.

Now on to the ladies.
Men want to be respected, as I said before. But first they have to be worthy of your respect. What I mean, is that they have to be strong, courageous, and love. To all the females reading this, I really hope that you are looking for a man like that, have a man like that, or are praying that your man becomes like that.

I'll leave with this, women, respect the man in your life. Men, love the woman in yours.

Also, I am no expert on any of this, this is just how I feel.

I Will Wait For You

I will wait God, for you to work, obeying your commands. You do everything in your own timing. You created the world, you know everything about it. You know all the answers to the future trials I will face. You God, count the teardrops that have been shed. My life is but a speck in your sight, a grain of sand in a desert. But you have used that speck to glorify yourself, in the past and in the future. When everything has fallen around me you were the one who shielded me and took me into your refuge. You've seen me in my weakest moments, and you saw me when I committed my worst sins. You are the only one who has seen me crying on my knees. You know all my imperfections, and faults, and weaknesses, yet you love me. Somehow you love me. You are who I cry out to, and the one I praise. My promises, devotions, and life rest in your hands. My life rests in your hands, and I will wait for you God.

What I'm Feeling Now

You can stop watching it at 12:15. I couldnt find a short clip of this scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBCu4N8bxQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=701s

Now this video may seem very random, but it really portrays what I'm feeling right now. There are so many girls that are good girls, who keep coming my way and opportunities could arise for me to date them. But as Jake says in the video, "I don't want them. I've already chosen." Now I'm not saying I'm all in on one girl, this is the girl I'm going to marry, because thats not what I mean. All I mean is that I found a girl that I really like and I don't want to date or like anyone else. And I'm not going to stop because it might be tough, or take longer than I want. But either way I'm not going to settle for someone else just because I don't get the girl I want. This is unusual that I poured this aspect of my life out on here, but oh well. I just needed to get if off my shoulders I guess.

Following God's Light

"Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment." - Isaiah 50:10-11

 So lets all take a minute and admire the pure beauty of the word of God. Then, look deeper into what God is saying.

How I take it, and there are probably a lot more ways to look at it, but I see it as God saying that we can follow our own path, or "walk in the light of our fires and the torches we have set ablaze." One thing I've learned of God is that He will not force us. He obviously has given us the choice to choose our own path ever since the garden. I've seen so many people try to find life by lighting their own torches and doing it their own way. And most of that is because they want to try to show God that they can do it on their own.

We cannot live by trying to find our own way, it will end in disaster. We must follow God's light that he provides through Jesus Christ. There is no other way.