Well of Illusions!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

the thing about youth services is that sometimes the sermons may actually be constructed in a mannter that suits its audience better than what you would hear at the normal adult service. maybe it was by some divine coincidence that i was forced to go for the youth service yesterday because of various commitments but in the end i sat through an hour of preaching that has been the closest to my heart since er...who knows when.

it's always an honour to have a guest speaker in church and maybe this is why. YWAM is something that may not be a possible job application in the future but everyone can really learn a lot from these guys. the sacrifices they make for their God, and the ways that they are rewarded in turn really do a lot to encourage you to trust in something intangible and beyond comprehension.

not that i don't have faith in my own God, just maybe not as selfless as i would have liked, or what other people would have expected from someone who's been believing in the same God since he was 5 months old. at least that's what my mother tells me.

but the speaker brought up something about not trying to be like someone else, because God made you who you are, and if you you were to try and be like someone else, that'd just defeat the purpose for your creation. and ya, it would actually be quite sickening to meet someone one day who behaves in exactly the same way that you do! hm...this message on self-worth could never have been put across more simply.

all my life (well almost) i've been living by other people's standards (and admitting that i do) but i hope and pray that the day where i am able to decide what i want for myself and be satisfied with it will come soon.

slau updated @ 9:24 PM

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