For Derek

Okay, so my friend Derek was bored one day, and he asked me to write a blog. Why? I dunno. So for starters I guess I’ll just say a few jokes (and they’re probably lame, mostly on purpose, so try to endure ‘em)
“So this guy walks into a bar…..he says ‘ouch’”.
“What’s brown and sticky?”….”A stick.”
Ash: “I’m so excited that I only have one more Pokemon to catch!”. Another Pokemon-master-wannabe: “Ditto!” (that’s for all you fellow original Pokemon fan lovers)

Anyway, back to serious stuff, for lack of trying to think of a better term. The moment we’ve been waiting for is over: Christmas. This year, I was actually looking forward more to seeing my family receive my gifts than me receiving gifts. I was just all caught up in buying and wrapping presents, thinking, “I’m excited to show them what I got for them.” (I guess part of the reason is because some were souvenirs from Europe, and my fam thought they had received them all. So they were in for a surprise.) They seemed to be pleased with them.

I wonder if that’s how God feels. He already shows us His amazing works, and he wants us to be pleased with what he’s given us. Does he see that reaction from us? Are we happy with what he has given us (especially Jesus’ sacrifice)? Or are we going to go out and buy a new Wii, or perhaps a new mahogany desk, or maybe a new fancy camera, because we feel like our lives will be more complete with those items? Did we ask for Jesus’ sacrifice? We needed it. We need it more than anything else.

So Christmas is now over, which means something else is coming up: New Year’s. What is your resolution going to be? Will you even have one? The typical goals I hear are “lose weight”, “get more exercise”, “do good in school”, and so on. Wow. Those goals I said go along with what I had to say: they all have an “i” in it, but none have a “u”. I didn’t mean to do that. I’ll leave it to your interpretation on whether that was God’s doing. Will your resolution be one of selflessness and do things that will benefit others more than yourself? Have you put much thought into whether or not you are really helping others? How far are you stepping out of your comfort zone? Are you willing to step out even further in 2010? I know I need to. I hope you do too.

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