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| Question of the day...
ZOMG, WHO'S WHO?!?!?!
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This is a song called "Faithful" by the very talented and blessed Brooke Fraser. I wanted to share this song because it speaks volumes about how my walk with God is never really easy... sometimes it's so hard to hear His voice or know that He's there when I'm amongst pain and suffering. But yet I know that He is my Maker, I know that He holds my life in His hands, and that as along as I'm faithful... He will take care of me. For that, I know I am blessed... for that, I am thankful... and because of that, I am faithful.
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| Innocent or naive?Okay, I found something to talk about! Yay! I apologize for any incoherency in this post... it really has been a while, and I know my writing has gotten really rusty. I'm also not my usual, witty self... I've been so exhausted lately. Please bear with the boring side of me until I get enough sleep, haha.
I may be in no place to be writing this post, as I don't roll with girls that often... but there is something that I've noticed about women my age, plus or minus a few years. I get very irritated when I see females around me who seem to be incapable of being mature about their love lives and the people around that are affected by it. I find that this occurs most among the prettiest of girls--the ones that are desired most by guys, the ones that other girls envy. It bothers me when these girls know that they are desired, and use this to their advantage. They'll flirt with any guy that comes their way... even the ones that they know they'd never give a chance to. They toy with emotions, and don't really care about who they hurt along the way. My question... is this innocence, or just a case of sheer naiveness and ignorance?
I think there comes a point in every girl's life where she realizes she needs to be careful about her actions and words around the opposite sex. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've come to discover that guys sometimes take what girls do for more than what it is. To be honest, I don't blame them. Girls do some pretty questionable things, leading guys to believe that they might be showing some interest in them. And as I mentioned before... it always seems to be the pretty ones. They're the ones that know that they're pretty and charismatic, and use this fact to lure 'em in. Come your 20s, this is just plain stupid. I'm sure that by this time, they should have noted that they've left a few guys hanging... completely unfair to them. Now, some girls might say, "Awww, but that's just the way I am! I'm friendly! I don't mean to... it's not my fault they take it the wrong way." NO. This is called being ignorant. This is called being naive. This is called... you need to grow the hell up.
To be honest, I've had this issue before. I tend to have a friendly nature, and as aforementioned, I get along with guys a lot better than I do with girls. There have been a few recent instances where I've found myself having "talks" with guys that I'd gotten closer with. To me, this was a normal progression of friendship. However, to them, it was something a little different. They seemed to think that the relationship was going somewhere past your average friendship. I was taken aback at this, because I'd always been one to believe that friendships between opposite sex individuals could work without all that sexual tension (or whatever the hell it is). I actually felt quite bad when I had to admit that there was nothing more than a platonic friendship on my part. So then I decided to stop being so naive... I'm now more careful with what I say and do around guys. I'm careful because I would hate to have the same done to me, since I know that it does hurt. I've made a conscious decision to not delve too deep into the friendship unless I'm actually interested in and see potential for something more to happen. Either that, or until I'm positive that they wouldn't take my friendship in the wrong way.
Now I understand what my wise friend, Sam, meant when he said... "girls that pretty are dangerous like demons". Well said, buddy. Well said. So, ladies... please, please be respectful of yourself and of the guys
around you. Watch what you do and say. Stop ninja-ing guys' brains. You may be pretty now... but
when you realize and change this, you'll be so much more beautiful in every way. And guys, don't fall for the trap... she may be the fairest of them all, but that fact may very well mess you up shortly if she doesn't have her head screwed on quite right. BE SMART! Use your brains... not your other not-so-effective thinking device.
Side note: Ne-Yo's new song, "Miss Independent" is just bomb. It's my frickin' anthem. That, and his voice makes me SWOON.
Time to slave away on my plant anatomy assignment. Bring it! ...Okay, honestly, I ask myself every day why it is that I took this course. It makes me want to fork out my eyeballs. Frick.
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| I haven't been updating because... my brain is mush. Sorry, I'll be back soon!  | | |
| The Gift of Worship
Two weeks ago, a friend and I attended a different church for service. They showed this video at the very beginning, prior to beginning worship. I genuinely appreciated the sheer simplicity of how the worship team led that Sunday. As I watched this video, I began to realize how desensitized I've become to the true meaning of worship... how my definition of "good worship" had slowly, over the years, turned into something that was about how good the vocalists and instrumentalists were, how well the A/V settings were adjusted, and what songs we were singing. I'll admit that I'm ashamed of how I've let something so sacred and intimate become so technical and meaningless. This video slapped me in the face and brought me back to my senses. When did worship become all about how pleasing it would sound to our ears? How is it that we've let worship, a matchless gift, become something that is so commonly taken for granted? For myself, I think it's been an issue of singing on worship team after worship team, for event after event, and worrying too much about the stupid logistics and technicalities of how things are supposed to go. I'm positive that if I had not forgotten the reason why I was doing it in the first place, I would've loved it so much more. It would've meant so much more. After all, it shouldn't even be called "worship" if it's all about the people and the sound. It's supposed to be liberating, not stressful. Worship encompasses the idea of intimacy with God, and our acknowledgement that we are His children, and of all that He is. It is when we lay down everything before him, and just be. To be brief, the true meaning of worship is going to be something that I seek and try to focus on when I serve in the future. I'm tired of singing without a purpose. I apologize for the lack of coherency in this post... I'm really tired, but I strongly felt that I needed to say something about it. | | |
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