February 21, 2006

To get a grasp on something as important as this is one of the best aspects of our lives.

I received a slightly (read: ridiculously) expensive technilogical gadget in the mail today, and as I was playing with it, I finally realized something that God has imparted in me. These things in life, these gadgets, these cars, these houses, these symbols of "who we are" are cool, sure. I won't like, I do like having some cool things. But I finally realize how trivial these possessions really are. Compared to the treasures waiting for me in Heaven, that I'm building every minute of every day, a Ferrari is nothing.

In my classes, I'm finding that God has a very amusing/incredible way of bringing believers into contact and fellowship with one another. I've found that in working where I do, I meet most of the people in my two Tuesday/Thursday classes actually spend alot of time at my coffeehouse, and through this, I've met a good bit of my class, and made friends with just as many. Like I said, He has an amazing way of bringing believers together.

I've found one thing that still troubles me in my home life. My sister and I, despite our mutual belief in Christ and following the same path, have alot of trouble getting along at times. I have no real idea why this is, and we're both going to be out of our house next year, at different colleges. I don't know what God has planned for us, and our sibling relationship, but I really desire to have a good relationship with my sister, without all the walls and superficial nature that seems to seep into this world now.

Lately, I have had this problem. It seems that I have an aquaintance that has a crush on me. The problem for me, lies in the spiritual context of how to deal with this. I have possibly mentioned this before, but this is the rehash. She spends a great deal of time hanging out at a place I frequent, and spends most of that time pretending to read a book, but when I glance over on occasion, I'll catch a solid stare coming my way.

My problem is, I don't know how to go about telling this person that I cannot and am not interested in the ideal that they hold. I am not dating this year, obviously, and I think that my eventual path has been shown to me as well, so this, for me, is not, and cannot be an option. It is something that has been going on for almost a year at this point, crossing over more than one time and place, and I feel that it's time to do something about it, but I don't want to act without knowing what spiritual context and ideal I should do it in.

That being said, life is a pretty amazing gift.

An earlier question reanalyzed and consolidated:

Is there ANY point at which God should not be part of our considerations in what we do in life? Is there any part of life in which He is not a part?