I guess, in simpler terms, just don't do what my other class guys are doing conforming to the same blogs that they are making just write on my own blog as I please. Life just didn't go out exactly the way I had planned since the fall of 2009and a lot of drama in my family and stress has been put upon my shoulders and with other circumstances that are just too difficult to explain all on this blog. But luckily I was able to find some solutions to the problems that I have and am grateful for some of the things that I have even though I took it for gratned. So as the new year of 2010 starts, I have decided to make some changes and hope to pursue them diligently and wholeheartedly. So far the blogs that I have looked have come up with a New Year's Resolution so feel free to look at them and keep me accountable if you so please.
1. Be Efficient and Not Waste Time.
This is a big issue that I deal with and I am sure for every college student. But of course, I shouldn't justify myself just because everyone else is doing doesn't always mean that its okay for me. Pastor Aaron's email during finals week was awake up call for me. I need to repent of my laziness for sure to the best of my ability and be a better student.
So I need to do less of this:
This:
AND THIS:
AND ESPECIALLY...ESPECIALLY THIS:
I seriously need to be like this both literally and figuratively:
Point is: I need to be a better student for sure. And I mean FOR SURE.
2. Be a better steward of my money
I get spoiled with a lot of dough both from family and financial aid. I need a great deal of discernment in how I spend it whether it be for my own personal use such as food or supplies or just simply for ministries like that of CCM that drain your dough as you take out new under class men. My family is under a lot of financial debt because of the way our business has been going as of late.
So less spending of this:
But actaully doing something like this:
Don't get the wrong idea it means getting a part time job.
So far I'll be interning at UCIPD for winter quarter and I intend to work partime at a another job over spring to learn how to make a living on my own.
3. Exercise
Because I have been lazy on my fat butt back then, its time to step it up a notch in my workout in a variety of ways whether its running, pushups, situps, and mountain climbers if I am going to be in good shape. Some of you may know my hobbies and I desire to get good in each of them.
Yes. As a lot of you know I break. But this year, I want to do something crazy like power moves or something. I have in mind handhops but I'll need the upper body strenght to do that. Its always exciting whether battling or cyphering (which is you dance in a circle), but actually I don't do well in crowds where everyone is telling me to just dance for their own personal enjoyment. I need to find something crazy or something like a new power move.
Yes, I know thats the former red ranger. The point is I am an adrenaline junkie when it comes to martial arts. I am not so much as to wrestling as a lot of other people are especailly amongst my class. I def. want to look into it more.
This isn't so much a workout. But I want to get better at this hobby. There is so much joy as to playing worship songs like these. I just hope I can find someone who can teach me so I can get better at it.
4. Get into Basketball: LAKERS
Originally I wasn't a fan of basketball. I just watch my class guys and other people watch the game and play fantasy and people would go ballistic. At first my attitude, its just a game where you just throw a ball into a hoop. I realize that I need to be zealous of the county I live in especially Los Angeles. I started to get into it more and more as I have peers who are interested in it especially since I have close friends who are extreme fans of LA and Sacramento. Honestly, basketball has begun to spark my interest especailly with the way Kobe spanked the Kings within those 4 seconds...one word...Amazing. The Black Mamba has been fed indeed.
5. Last but not least Love God and People, not thyself.
The point of these illustrations above is this fact...I have much growing up to do. These past eight years that I have been a Christian, I have gain much understanding of Christianity from its roots to the reformation, its contemporary reformers and their theology and how they view scripture, the various resources that I have to exposit and understand scripture in its original meaning in the Hebrew and Greek, theology and doctrine that make up various theories of God. But still the fact is this...I fall short. Just in terms of loving people, church, and God.
I seriously am not the strong Christian as I thought especially thinking that I had this faith and walk down especially with the way I have been the past fall quarter. If I have hurt anyone with the things I have said, with the stupid things I have done, I am sorry...I hope that you guys can forgive me. Moreover, I need the grace of God to change me. I may know a lot of things about God but the fact is so simple when a brother, a good mentor of mine, asked me this type of question, "You know a lot about the bible with its theology and doctrine, but do you know God?" It just shook me to my core. Just following and being like a sheep in the typical conservative evangelical circle sometimes when I really need is to see the preciousness of Christ. Its not always there for me at times but hopefully I can make it. Meditate on who the God Man is and what was his purpose in leaving heaven and coming down to the Earth in human form and that is the gospel. Its easier said than done thats certain. But we must all pursue this goal especially myself as well.
Btw...Honestly blogging is hard...gnite yall.
