relationships..love em, hate em..good, bad..all part of life. For the past 2 weeks it has been knocking on my mind for a bit. I'm thankful also that i've been able to bring up these discussions with loved ones as well..
i think back to the time at work where my colleague mentioned about a female work colleague who wouldn't be keen on chatting to him on the phone in between calls..u know..small talk/off topic chat.. He got the feeling that some girls would think we'd (as guys) always have the wrong intentions when it comes to mingling with the opposite sex..fair enuf..maybe its the way he carried himself over the phone..or life in general..and i thought. Not everyone is the same, not everyone feels the same. We gotta accept this. To form relationships takes time, love and patience (and im sure there are extra bits you could add as well).
but going back..i think back again 2 years ago during TABS..one of the leaders would occasionally ask me on prayer points that he could pray for me. It felt awkward i must admit. I think i wasn't 'feelin' it..to open up and really talk about some deeper things. It was always the same thing like 'be a better helper at home', 'read bible more' etc. But now i definately have more passion opening up..its because i have the drive and greater desire wanting to change.
We must acknowledge our struggles and keep focus to work on them..to overcome them. Life wasn't meant to be easy. And thinking back i think i was pretty hard on myself trying to push myself..thinking my half arsed effort wasn't good enough. But I've been saved, not by good works but to DO good works. We gotta accept that we're failures but of course we're not perfect.
In the end..live and learn..it all takes time.. the struggle continues..there's always going to be a better day. All we need is a little bit of faith..
i think back to the time at work where my colleague mentioned about a female work colleague who wouldn't be keen on chatting to him on the phone in between calls..u know..small talk/off topic chat.. He got the feeling that some girls would think we'd (as guys) always have the wrong intentions when it comes to mingling with the opposite sex..fair enuf..maybe its the way he carried himself over the phone..or life in general..and i thought. Not everyone is the same, not everyone feels the same. We gotta accept this. To form relationships takes time, love and patience (and im sure there are extra bits you could add as well).
but going back..i think back again 2 years ago during TABS..one of the leaders would occasionally ask me on prayer points that he could pray for me. It felt awkward i must admit. I think i wasn't 'feelin' it..to open up and really talk about some deeper things. It was always the same thing like 'be a better helper at home', 'read bible more' etc. But now i definately have more passion opening up..its because i have the drive and greater desire wanting to change.
We must acknowledge our struggles and keep focus to work on them..to overcome them. Life wasn't meant to be easy. And thinking back i think i was pretty hard on myself trying to push myself..thinking my half arsed effort wasn't good enough. But I've been saved, not by good works but to DO good works. We gotta accept that we're failures but of course we're not perfect.
In the end..live and learn..it all takes time.. the struggle continues..there's always going to be a better day. All we need is a little bit of faith..
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seems like there are some lurkers..ive set it so you anonymous ppl can comment as well..go ahead, do your worst!
Yeah, i said to you before I liked this post, because it sort of goes along the lines of where I'm at right now. I reckon people, guys especially tend to expect what they want to happen in a certain time-frame. And try and make it happen, which in turn can end up making that aim take even longer to occur. Having trust in "life" that what's meant to happen will occur in it's own good time is a good virtue I believe.
yea i really appreciate when "things just work". sometimes its tough, definately and we gotta expect not everything can done ASAP. Even at work. Maybe coz we live in a world that we have such high standards that we bring these standards into our troubled scenarios and expect everything to "just work" and then chaos breaks loose when they dont live up..
not saved by good works, but for good works. =)
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