“I’ve been on dates with Christian women before, and none of them have made as big a deal of the whole religion thing as you have.”
That wasn’t supposed to be a compliment, but I took it as one.
I had been on a few dates with this guy who wasn’t Christian. I won’t lie–the guy was super dreamy and we would have been awesome together. It’s just that…well, you know, he wasn’t Christian.
I was really torn up about whether or not I wanted to keep seeing him. I couldn’t remember the last time a guy was this into me and I actually had fun going on dates with him. Then there was the fact that I hadn’t kissed a dude in forever (I thank God for not even letting me get that far with him).
But going with him meant going away from Jesus. I’m already a hypocrite as it is–that is, I do a bad enough job of giving Him the praise and glory He deserves–did I really want to intentionally walk away from Him (again)?
Doing both wasn’t an option, either. My attention would be dedicated to one or the other. Sure, I would have been forgiven if I went with that guy and came back, but it just didn’t make any sense to do that. I had been down this road before. I knew how things would turn out and it wouldn’t be pretty.
I knew I needed a guy who could worship and love Jesus with me. This guy wasn’t it.
In response to what he said to me about making a big deal out of Jesus, all I had to tell him in response was the Gospel.
God gave me a gift I didn’t deserve. Jesus died on the cross for sinners and criminals like me. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice for me, I can be presented before God as sinless and blameless.
He loves me more than this guy ever could.
I couldn’t walk away from that.
When temptation sorely presses,
In the day of Satan’s power,
In our times of deep distresses,
In each dark and trying hour.
A lot of times, I’m afraid of asking God for stuff because I know I’ll get exactly what I ask for.
In this case, I asked for humility and God took away my source of pride by making me next to useless at my internship. I’m forced to depend on other people to teach me the things I need to know.
I actually have to ask for help.
Thankfully, there are a lot of people there who are more than willing to provide some guidance to a hot-headed kid like me.
From Michelle’s YouTube channel, I was led to the 1040 movie page (also, check out their YouTube channel).
The 1040 blog had a link to an article in the Christian Post about 1040 and Jaeson Ma.
Jaeson Ma and MC Jin were in the article, so I went to go see what they were all about.
In the midst of getting all jazzed up over Asian hip-hop artists, Magnetic North came to mind, so I went to their website to see if they had done anything new lately (which they have–they just released a new album this month).
Oh, and I pre-ordered the 1040 DVD. I have literally watched every video on their YouTube channel, and I am super excited about seeing the entire feature film come October. God is doing something big over in Asia, and I can’t wait to see more of it unfold.
I recently subscribed to the TED RSS feed, and I came across this:
Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Aditi Shankardass knew that we should be looking directly at their brains. She explains how a remarkable EEG device has revealed mistaken diagnoses and transformed children’s lives.
This video was just so exciting to me. THIS is what modern medicine is capable of: Freeing children to engage the world.