So I have this blog...I haven't kept up with it. The honest answer is that I'm a bit frustrated with God, so most of my posts would probably be asking for an excessive amount of random lightning strikes!
I have another blog that has my name in it and more identifying features. At some point I'd like to have a family. At some point I'll want to blog about them. I'll use a blog to do that instead of facebook. I like this blog address...notyetalready. I think it's the type that can cover a multitude of things like thoughts that include family and thoughts that don't. So at some point in the future...a very long way in the future...I will resume blogging on this particular site. I will most likely privatize it as well.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
It's Not My Fault!
Patience is a virtue. Patience is something God wants us to have. God did not give me patience. I struggle with this, because I think if God really wanted me to have it, He should have just given it to me! Yeah yeah His ways are not my ways, His thoughts are higher, who am I to question why God does the things He does? I'm just saying I've got a lot of beef with Adam and Eve for screwing things up.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." John 16:33
I'm sitting at the computer waiting for God to miraculously inspire...clearly He isn't, because I couldn't even wittingly communicate the remainder of that sentence! What I want to say (in a much more eloquent fashion), is that I want God Himself to speak through me. I want to say things that are powerful and thought provoking. I want to be so ridiculously awesome at this that some Christian publishing company tracks me down and begs me to write a book! I'm just being honest! Actually, I want an outlet to communicate my frustrations, and if by some fluke chance somebody finds my writing to be the least bit entertaining, I'd totally be open to capitalizing on my pain and frustration!
In all seriousness, I want to write about the tension of living in an "already not yet" world. I think my life is a perfect example of that tension, and I can either bottle it up, or I can freely express myself and hope that something in me changes during that process...or perhaps something in you.
Before proceeding, I should probably clarify what I mean by "already not yet" for those of you who don't keep up with theology. I should probably back up even further and say that this blog is going to come from a certain perspective-a Christian perspective. Overly simplified of course, this means I believe in God, I believe we are all sinners and fall short of God's glory, the only one who can restore our relationship with God is through His son Jesus, and that life is going to be extremely complicated and frustrating for its duration if you believe in those things!
Now I can get to the "already not yet" meaning. Essentially our relationship with God is restored through Christ. Christ has conquered sin and death through his life on earth and death on the cross. Unfortunately however, life on earth is going to remain far from perfect until He returns. This means that life is not going to be easy- there is no Garden of Eden, there is no complete peace and happiness. We have to wait!
I'm completely impatient when it comes to this! I want that perfect life immediately. My heart breaks for injustice, and I want it to come to an end today! Since it isn't going to come to an end today (as far as I know), I want to take the opportunity to discuss the inevitable frustrations that come with living in this "already not yet" world.
I'm sitting at the computer waiting for God to miraculously inspire...clearly He isn't, because I couldn't even wittingly communicate the remainder of that sentence! What I want to say (in a much more eloquent fashion), is that I want God Himself to speak through me. I want to say things that are powerful and thought provoking. I want to be so ridiculously awesome at this that some Christian publishing company tracks me down and begs me to write a book! I'm just being honest! Actually, I want an outlet to communicate my frustrations, and if by some fluke chance somebody finds my writing to be the least bit entertaining, I'd totally be open to capitalizing on my pain and frustration!
In all seriousness, I want to write about the tension of living in an "already not yet" world. I think my life is a perfect example of that tension, and I can either bottle it up, or I can freely express myself and hope that something in me changes during that process...or perhaps something in you.
Before proceeding, I should probably clarify what I mean by "already not yet" for those of you who don't keep up with theology. I should probably back up even further and say that this blog is going to come from a certain perspective-a Christian perspective. Overly simplified of course, this means I believe in God, I believe we are all sinners and fall short of God's glory, the only one who can restore our relationship with God is through His son Jesus, and that life is going to be extremely complicated and frustrating for its duration if you believe in those things!
Now I can get to the "already not yet" meaning. Essentially our relationship with God is restored through Christ. Christ has conquered sin and death through his life on earth and death on the cross. Unfortunately however, life on earth is going to remain far from perfect until He returns. This means that life is not going to be easy- there is no Garden of Eden, there is no complete peace and happiness. We have to wait!
I'm completely impatient when it comes to this! I want that perfect life immediately. My heart breaks for injustice, and I want it to come to an end today! Since it isn't going to come to an end today (as far as I know), I want to take the opportunity to discuss the inevitable frustrations that come with living in this "already not yet" world.
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