July 21, 2006

Weary

Ever get weary of the world making you happy? Or things in the world making you happy? Especially when you realize how fleeting the happiness is?

Events, people, places, things...(in essence, nouns) that effect the eternal make me extremely happy and I don't get bogged down in them. I get bogged down in the temporal. Really it's just that I am more frustrated that the temporal nouns that make me happy are more present than the eternal.

Jesus....I just want to be utterly and completely happy with who he is and the blessings he has given me. The eternal ones...

I've re-started a John Piper book called "Don't Waste Your Life" He has this to say, on page 9: (which is his page 1)

"It was not always plain to me that pursuing God's glory would be virtually the same as pursuing my joy."

So...it's back to the basic question of self-sacrifice. Am I ready to give up what I want to pursue God's glory....which, according to Piper, will be virtually the same as pursuing my joy....

I know the church answer...

2 comments:

jillymae said...

dude, i can't believe you were contemplating such heaviness while Christina was doin my "look" for the 80's party.

perspective is indeed a good thing. =)

Anonymous said...

H,
That's a Awesome post! Insightful, power-packed and straight from your heart! You have a way of quietly challenging and spuring on the spiritual growth of those who read your blog!

Hmm..truer words couldn't be spoken amidst the "trials" of this fleeting moment and fleeting world we "allow" ourselves to become absorbed with.

Thanks "Gatekeeper"
:)
Love ya!