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Nobody.
There's little more I need to say than that.
People come and go through life. I've lost the willpower and strength to live for unlasting friendships and betrayed trusts. Humanity is a failed race. Failure after pitiful failure, and it's not getting any better. Just look at society.
Love has become nothing more than a graduated sex drive. A person's word has become nothing more than a scam. Purpose is nothing more than a fleeting ideal. Happiness has become nothing more than an insatiable appetite to have more. Trust has become nothing more than a way to stab another person in the back. Respect has become nothing more than cheap flattery and half-hearted concern. A smile has become nothing more than a mask to make yourself look strong. Marriage has become nothing more than a harbinger of divorce. A child has become nothing more than a choice. Morals have become nothing more than a rule to bend and break. Ethics have become nothing more than a faint glimmer of chivalry. Work has become nothing more than a way to get ahead of everyone else. Society has become nothing more than a machine to tell you how to act and what to think.
It pains me to see people degrade in this manner... Perhaps you don't feel that any of these things matter, or maybe you agree on some points. Whatever the case, it makes things difficult for me to be me when I'm caught between who I am, who I want to be, who I should be, who I'm told to be and who I'm expected to be.
The only thing that has been steadfast in my life and the only thing that I can trust wholly is my Christian faith. I am not perfect and I don't profess to be, but I know that in Christ, I am complete.
He gave His life, so that I could live. He sacrificed Himself so I can have a purpose. He looked past my imperfections and made me new. His love and mercy is ever-evident with each breath I take. His sovereignty is ever-displayed in the nature and earth around us. His providence is ever-clear in the life I live.
He is my Lord, and my God. Nothing can take me from Him, and nothing can take Him from me. He's been there when I've been happy. He's been there when I have been hurting beyond words. He strengthens my spirit and restores my soul.
Until the day I die, I'll do my best to live my life in a manner that is pleasing to Him. I keep Him with me wherever I go. He's the friend of all friends, the father of all fathers.
If you think I'm stupid for holding to my faith, or if you hate me just because I say I'm a Christian, that's okay. It hurts a bit, but if it's something you feel strongly about, more power to you. I just ask that even if you don't understand or believe the way I do, that you accept it, as I have to accept that there are people with differing opinions from my own.
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A few.
Jim Elliot, Winston Churchill, Motoi Sakuraba and my best friend Charlie.