The beginning of the year always warrants a little update on my life. I have to say I didn’t really make any New Year’s resolutions last year, and I haven’t really felt the need to make any resolutions this year either. I guess it’s not that I don’t feel that resolutions aren’t a good thing, I have just set goals throughout the whole year and continue to set goals to better myself as a person, as a child of God, as a fiance, as a daughter and sister, as a friend, as a teacher and coach. There are always so many things that I’m striving for and that means that I’m constantly failing and constantly picking myself back up and trying again. I’m never all put together and I’m never a finished product.
Some of the more recent goals I’ve been working toward can serve as an update.
Lance- Our wedding is July 13. There are obvious goals here that we’ve got to get accomplished and honestly we are off to a good start. I guess my more subtle goal related to this would be to enjoy this journey and enjoy this time. It’s easy to be sad that we live 3 hours apart, it’s easy to be disappointed that we don’t get to spend much time together and it’s easy to wish for July 13 to be here as quickly as possible. All those things are so hard for me to put aside because I cannot wait to be Lance’s wife, but I know that this time in our relationship is just as important as the time that we get after we are married and I would like to enjoy this time too.
Insanity- Ugh…fitness goal are to simply be healthy. :)
Teaching- Some of you may know that I’ve had the challenge of putting together a curriculum that aligns to the Iowa Core. It’s not a small task and very time consuming, but my goal is to make Math relevant for my 7th graders.
This is one of my less inspired post, I hope it serves as a simple update.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
All We Need is Love, Furious Love
**Disclaimer: With so many opinions flying around about subjects closely related to this blog, I want to make it clear that I respect the thoughts and ideas of others and I’m in no way claiming my opinions to be ‘right’ or ‘better’.
It’s so hard to look at the world. Just watching the news makes me want to take every ounce of innocence that is left in this world and keep that innocence hidden away and protected.
There are tragic events that are told, there are scandals and cheating that are uncovered, there are countless stories of heartache, hate and belittling. It’s heartbreaking to think that the all of human’s existence has come to this.
Normally I’m not one to focus on the negatives and honestly I try very hard to not watch the news and get caught up in all the ugly things going on in this world. I will continue to do that. But first I have something that I need to throw out there.
There are so many theories about the reasons for some of the more tragic and prominently covered events. Some people think that the reason someone could commit these terrible tragedies is because they have access to guns, or they spend too much time playing video games, or they are mental ill, or a whole host of other reasons.
I can’t say that I believe any of these things can really be ruled out, but I do believe there is more to the story.
I read a snippet from one of my favorite authors, Brennan Manning, recently. I’ll paraphrase,
‘If you took all of the great mothers and fathers in the entire world and combined all their selfless and unconditional love, all their patience and goodness, all their wisdom , all of their tenderness and all of their kindness and put all that into one person. That one person would merely stand in the shadows of the furious love God has for us.’
To most people that may seem a little off topic, but really when you think about a love this big, you can’t help but realize that a love this big changes people. God’s love is more influencing than that of amazing parents or a kind mentor. If some tragedies could be kept from happening just because of the love and influence of a parent or mentor, how much more change could we see in the world if the love of God was experienced by so many?
That, the furious love of God, is the reason I can’t solely blame guns and video games.
It’s so hard to look at the world. Just watching the news makes me want to take every ounce of innocence that is left in this world and keep that innocence hidden away and protected.
There are tragic events that are told, there are scandals and cheating that are uncovered, there are countless stories of heartache, hate and belittling. It’s heartbreaking to think that the all of human’s existence has come to this.
Normally I’m not one to focus on the negatives and honestly I try very hard to not watch the news and get caught up in all the ugly things going on in this world. I will continue to do that. But first I have something that I need to throw out there.
There are so many theories about the reasons for some of the more tragic and prominently covered events. Some people think that the reason someone could commit these terrible tragedies is because they have access to guns, or they spend too much time playing video games, or they are mental ill, or a whole host of other reasons.
I can’t say that I believe any of these things can really be ruled out, but I do believe there is more to the story.
I read a snippet from one of my favorite authors, Brennan Manning, recently. I’ll paraphrase,
‘If you took all of the great mothers and fathers in the entire world and combined all their selfless and unconditional love, all their patience and goodness, all their wisdom , all of their tenderness and all of their kindness and put all that into one person. That one person would merely stand in the shadows of the furious love God has for us.’
To most people that may seem a little off topic, but really when you think about a love this big, you can’t help but realize that a love this big changes people. God’s love is more influencing than that of amazing parents or a kind mentor. If some tragedies could be kept from happening just because of the love and influence of a parent or mentor, how much more change could we see in the world if the love of God was experienced by so many?
That, the furious love of God, is the reason I can’t solely blame guns and video games.
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