My Much-needed Reminders.

Oh, by the way, this sounds like a lecture but it's not.
Basically, most of my blogs are just me sorting out my thoughts.

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And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31

So Jas and I have been having some trouble concentrating recently.
We were talking about it, and I dunno, but we kinda concluded but for me, it was probably partly because I had forgotten my motivation for doing things.

It doesn't seem like much, but everything little thing we do or think matters. It can draw you closer to God, or further away.

Some other things I've learnt recently are that:
[i] We are students. Note the root of the word is akin to the word 'study'. So what are students meant to do? Study. Hard. So why did God place us in this position? This applies to everyone one of us- to study hard. So we can learn things, about Him, and things we can apply in the future.

It doesn't mean 'everybody must study hard to become doctors/lawyers/whatever'. Whatever you want to be, working hard is still important, ne?

Like my chem tutor was telling me about how he wanted to be a teacher when he was a student. Looking forward towards something is great, but you can't forget the immediate. What if he'd just thrown everything away, and just said 'I want to be a teacher!'? He couldn't, of course. He had to study; to be equipped to become a teacher.

I think sometimes we can kinda get too caught up in the whole 'school (as everywhere else) is a place to show people God's love, not to get good marks'. I agree with that. But God didn't tell us to throw everything away to do that. He doesn't want us to put Him as an exclusive part of our lives. He wants all of us- in study, in friendships, in everything.

Also, another trap is going 'who cares about school work. This (relationship, study we're writing, etc.) is more important.' And we pour all of our time and effort into it. And then we fail, and we go 'WHY DID I FAIL GOD? I GAVE ALL OF MYSELF TO YOU'.

Giving our all to Him means trying our best in everything we do and letting Him guide our lives, in all aspects.

And, of course we can't do well in anything without balance.
Balancing fun, leisure, work, relationships, etc.

It's hard work, but it's well worth it :)
[ii] And, I can't remember what else I was going to say...

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Oh well. On to another point.
[iii] Well, I've kinda been 'falling apart' a bit lately, over my inability to concentrate; being really angry at myself, etc.

Not being able to forgive myself.
Like, 'it's my fault'. I don't try hard enough; I don't remove all distractions; I don't take care of myself as well as I could physically (i.e. sleep, eat well, etc.). And stuff like that; the list goes on.

But I have to remember- James 1:17- Every good and perfect gift is from above. (And then comes a beautiful bit about God being unchanging, unlike 'shifting shadows' hehe). So he is the one who gives me the gift of concentration? And also the gift of being relatively smart. (By relatively, I mean relative to most people in society =33. I know I'm not a genius- far from it, but yush. You know what I mean)

But as the speaker today said, when you fail, God will forgive (side note: in fact, he wants to, for our relationships with him to progress), so pick yourself up and keep going. So that's something for me to work on; forgiving myself, and keeping going.
[iv] I'm glad that I'm having these troubles now, not next year. Like getting my issues sorted now, not later. It still troubles me, and I'm still not concentrating, but I'll just keep trying.

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Sorry for the long post; most people won't even probably read up to here hehe :).
But as I said before, a lot of my blog posts are just me sorting out my thoughts.

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Oh, also, an add on:
[v] By 'in everything you do, do it for the glory of God', it also includes drinking; eating; small things.

Yes, it's obvious.

Not just as in 'I'll drink this so I don't die, so I can do his work'.

I mean taking care of yourself.
Like me. Sometimes, I dont' feel like drinking water. I don't like the taste of strong meat (it makes me want to vomit ><;). Etc.

But I must eat meat, and drink water, or my health will suffer, and I'll feel tired and thirsty and terrible, and I can't concentrate and do things properly, and serve Him properly.

So yush.
Sometimes, we just have to do what we have to do.

But I hope I will learn to appreciate it, and do end up enjoying it, just as God created things for us to enjoy.

:)

Jya, ne.