One of the great things about being a believer is that God will ALWAYS answer your prayer to stay humble.
This is a virtual daily prayer of mine. Specifically, I ask Him to reveal the impure parts of my heart so that I may further develop my character. And sometimes it sucks when that prayer gets answered.
Lately I've been on a very high wavelength in life. Things are really going great. But tonight I was kind of reminded of some other areas of my life that still have a long way to go.
One area I find a lot of frustration in is the whole "love life" thing. I don't really want to settle for just anyone...but when I do find someone that's genuinely awesome, I start getting kind of awkward.
There's a girl at my church that I've always thought was very attractive but never really had any desire to pursue anything. I tried making some conversation tonight.
fail.
Although I don't think I'm hopeless, I realize that maybe I should just focus on developing me really. And the girl who really will be worth it for me won't magically just drop in my lap...but maybe, just possibly, she'll be working on her character too.
And our relationship will be infinitely better because of it.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Trajectory
I got to meet with the CEO of Radiant today.
Best quote? "You are smart people who are surrounded by smart people."
Excited for tomorrow.
Best quote? "You are smart people who are surrounded by smart people."
Excited for tomorrow.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Talk about wow
I had a chance tonight to see a former Miss America.
This event wasn't a surprise. I wasn't even looking forward to it. In fact, I was kind of skeptical of even going because I didn't want some beauty snob telling a room full of people some cliche life moral that everyone already knew about. I went anyway just hoping to be surprised.
And nights like tonight are part of the reason why I'm very happy that I'm not right all the time.
Kirsten Hanglund is one of the most beautiful people I've ever been around in my whole life. Obviously she quite radiant from a physical standpoint. But you want to talk about spiritually smokin'? This girl was straight up FIYAH!
She spent a large part of her time talking to all the students about eating disorders and the various ways it can manifest itself into all people. Then she shared how it has been (and continues to be to an extent) a very big struggle for her personally as well. There were the typical valleys and peaks that life stories usually take and hers was no different.
But, what I found incredibly impressive was how much of her faith she shared. It was quite evident that she had been through a lot. Yet in transparency she continued to share just how much she found herself leaning toward God every single day of her life. And she was always quick to point to the fact that she needs so much grace every single day of her life. And all of it was real. None of it came in a rehearsed, scripted sort of fashion. Just straight up person being real. Beauty.
And then she started quoting scripture. And let's just say it was pretty obvious she was a bible reading woman. Magnifique.
In the end, I was so enchanted with her beauty. Not because I thought she was some trophy wife that I wanted to show off...but because it really is true that there's nothing quite as attractive as a woman who is 100% secure in Christ. It kind of rekindled my hope that someday I'll be able to find a girl who takes this following Jesus thing seriously in much the same way I do.
Who knows...maybe I'll even find myself dating a Miss America.
This event wasn't a surprise. I wasn't even looking forward to it. In fact, I was kind of skeptical of even going because I didn't want some beauty snob telling a room full of people some cliche life moral that everyone already knew about. I went anyway just hoping to be surprised.
And nights like tonight are part of the reason why I'm very happy that I'm not right all the time.
Kirsten Hanglund is one of the most beautiful people I've ever been around in my whole life. Obviously she quite radiant from a physical standpoint. But you want to talk about spiritually smokin'? This girl was straight up FIYAH!
She spent a large part of her time talking to all the students about eating disorders and the various ways it can manifest itself into all people. Then she shared how it has been (and continues to be to an extent) a very big struggle for her personally as well. There were the typical valleys and peaks that life stories usually take and hers was no different.
But, what I found incredibly impressive was how much of her faith she shared. It was quite evident that she had been through a lot. Yet in transparency she continued to share just how much she found herself leaning toward God every single day of her life. And she was always quick to point to the fact that she needs so much grace every single day of her life. And all of it was real. None of it came in a rehearsed, scripted sort of fashion. Just straight up person being real. Beauty.
And then she started quoting scripture. And let's just say it was pretty obvious she was a bible reading woman. Magnifique.
In the end, I was so enchanted with her beauty. Not because I thought she was some trophy wife that I wanted to show off...but because it really is true that there's nothing quite as attractive as a woman who is 100% secure in Christ. It kind of rekindled my hope that someday I'll be able to find a girl who takes this following Jesus thing seriously in much the same way I do.
Who knows...maybe I'll even find myself dating a Miss America.
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