Monday, June 19, 2006

Father's Day Devotional

I visited the closest mega-bookstore in the hopes to find a spiritual guidance book for men that I could give to my brother for Father's Day. It seemed like a reasonable thing to look for. When I actually got to the book store, I found bulletproof bibles, waterproof bibles, bibles you can put your makeup in, bibles that use slang, bibles that use different color ink, bibles with multiple versions inside, bibles that use pictures, bibles that ... but no book about regular guys that don't always look to God, but who are warm and gentle-spirited. The kind of book I was hoping to find would have been a motivational book that doesn't come off as as spiritual one... Instead I found a plethora of bible with useless perks.

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Slice of life

Aaah, life seems like it could be so much more exciting in retrospect. I could have done this while I had that and when I was still this... How annoying - I wish I could spend more time DOING rather than HOPING, and then THINKING in retrospect why I didn't DO. Is that grammatically defunct? Anyways. Why do I always tell myself to "live life to the fullest" but it seems I only fall short of the Glory God has set out for me? I can be soooo lazy, bust somehow, despite this laziness, I always come out alright. But I know my life is worth more than just this moment, that I can do more with my talents, and that my talents need to be reworked, nourished and developed. Whenever I update long lost friends or family members with a slice of my life, they revel in my so-called accomplishments, but I don't believe I have accomplished much. I find that I've maintained a "just passing" grade in life, remaining afloat of my self-imposed status quo. So it is 12pm right now, I am set to go to lunch at 1pm, and I have essentially wasted away the morning at work. Today is the day I redeem myself. Today, I will shoot for the moon, today, I will actually WOW through my work and not simply complete a task satisfactorily. Everyone is so proud, but I do nothing. I rather not be recognized when I should than receive accolades when I shouldn't. The next time I share a slice of my life, it must be nothing short of amazing.