I am creating this first series of posts as part of a Bible project I am having my Freshmen do for the book of Joshua. They will be creating a journal of some sort, chronicling their acts of courage or cowardice throughout the next three weeks. I have undertaken this project myself, telling them that if a teacher thinks an activity is life changing, he should be willing to do it himself! Here is my first entry:
10-29-07
As I gave this assignment out today, I wondered what on earth I would write about in my own journal. There are so many things to pick from as I reflect on my day: My thoughts, words, and actions have brought many forked-roads; it is at these places I must choose a path. Do I respond to conflict, stupidity, and other situations with cutting sarcasm and irritation, or do I take the road less traveled and act like I really believe what I teach?
For today's topic, I have decided to focus on one of my major Monday morning struggles: Complaining. It is easier for me to complain than it is for calculus student to add 2+2. Complaining comes natural to me. I would rather spout off for 30 minutes about how irritated I am to post grades or clean up the house than take the 10 minutes to do either. When it comes to situations of, as the Bible says, letting my actions match my words, I often fail miserably.
Thankfully, I have felt convicted lately to spend time praying about my problem. I know I won't instantaneously be Mr. Cheerful, but lately I have seen myself being more content with life's situations. They key is this: My situations probably won't change. Either I can make myself and everyone around me miserable or I can just enjoy life and love what I have. I hope you can do the same.
Tharp
Here is a pic that reminds me life is much easier than it could be:
5 comments:
Be Lonely NO More!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Starts with a G!!!!!!!!!!!
hey tharp!! great entry, very inspiring. it's odd that sometimes humans tend to think that the instant they have to do something they don't want to, jesus is coming and the world is OVER. thanks alot for this project!! i'm lovin' it!!
-kristen
You know it really is true. you spend more time complaining about not wanting to do the task instead of just doing it. If you would have just done it instead of standing there complaining you probably would have already had it done. i think as christians we really do that. we try and analize and think through things to much instead of just taking Gods word for what it is. we try and figure him out, and his plans when if in the first place we would have just said "ok" and excepted it, he could be working miricles and doing amazing things in our life, but we have that block up that is hendering him from getting through and making amazing things happen!
well thats all. :)
~camille
Now it just needs to be that easy to do the ten minute thing...
MD
Well written article.
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