Robots in Disguise?
January 6th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
So I realize, with complete humility, that blogs are really for people who are important.
I am not.
However, even if 1.4 people ever read this, I don’t really mind. I’m terribly inconsistent. I really want to change that… maybe the habit of blogging will do that, eh? Possibly the unconscious feeling like someone out there in the great outerworld that is the web cares will be my motivation. Why else am I trying this again? boredom, possibly and honestly. Truly, I want to not waste my time and maybe my intellect will benefit by deep thoughts poured out onto a blog.
plus, it’s fun to look back on these public journals. Guilty pleasure=scrolling through random blogs for hours. I like feeling like I know someone by their blog. Little creepy, I know. Ah, well.
Anyways, speaking of change: this is why I’m writing. I know with New Year’s Resolutions floating around the word “change” is being thrown out into pop culture like the next cool thing, but I don’t really do those. However, there are things I want to transform in my life about myself.
I guess it’s been one of those periods in my life where God is humbling me and breaking me to pieces. And, even though it’s kinda rough, I love it. It’s a transformation, I suppose. And not like the infamous alien robots. It’s much much deeper and rooted somewhere in my soul that cries out for a renewing of my old skin- cracked and flawed- ready to be made alive and breathing in Christ.
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Cor. 5:17)
I belong in HIM; not this world, but HIM. So why am I stuck in the depravity of this life? I am to be transformed in the renewal of my mind and living in power in the love of my constant God. I had a professor explain the other day that there’s a line that Christ transcended when He was transfigured. He was human, just like us insignificant bundles of weak flesh who are constantly changing because we are pathetic, and turned into the God who is unchangeable so we could live in His glory for eternity. He did that for me?
yep.
And we’re called to be transformed into other-worldliness because of it.
So, instead of tacking up a post-it in my dorm of a list flimsy insignificant things I hate about myself that I want to change, I’m changing my mindset, throwing it out the window even. I’m transformed because I’ve seen the GLORY of the Lord. How could I not be transformed in my way of life? He has changed it. Now, I want to live that. Truly and honestly. With every desire, I want only to bring glory to His beautiful name. The Creator is constant and never transforms from His character.
Oh, boy am I lacking when I think how small I am in comparison to that.
Okay, I’ll stop ranting. My next post won’t be so heavy. I just had to say my piece about entering 2011.
Happy New Year!
