Tue Oct 01 2002 - Full Circle
Full Circle
Dear Diary,

Its been another while. Since the last time I wrote, my thoughts and everything have gone full circle. *in my opinion* Thus the title, full circle. *duh* Ok, lemme start it off from the end of my last entry.

I check my comments before bed and realize kaliko has said something like," Um, tino, god isn't as far as you think" So I go lay on my bed thinking, ha, yeah right, she don't know how far I am from him. So I try to sleep and I don't. So I start like going into prayer. I'm like, "GOD, how come your not in my life? How come I ask you to make me happy yet you don't? I thought if I seeked you would show me. WELL? Then i got idea that I need to ask for forgiveness of sins. *something I do usually before talking directly to God, my own lil thing* So after that, I continue. I then get idea that maybe i need to take life at the moment as opposed to daily or weekly. If i'm having problem, ask God for help right away. At that point, I'm like ok God, I can't do it, so if your so powerful, you do it. *I know, a lil disrespectful* After that, I felt really warm and happy. I was like, huh? why do i feel like this, nothing to be happy about. THen i was like, OH!!!!! Maybe God did that. So i fall into nice sleep.

Wake up and go on campus and it actually carried on. *usually, i can't carry God on from after prayer* So anyways, I was really just happy. I was even planning on reading my bible. So I go to my classes and stuff and just there in a great mood. I then realize i have to go home to get work clothes. I end up having grandma meet me halfway. I walk back and see everyone at the usual tables. I decide to have some alone time and just go sit by myself. After some reading, I go hang for a lil while till its time to take bus for work.

I eventually go on bus and get to work. I eventually get bored again. Start to feel down again. I then decide to pray about it. I'm like, GOd, please don't let me get depressed in here again. *I'm weird, when I'm there, I get really down* So a lil after that, i feel better. I feel like, wow, it actually worked, crazy. Eventually get off work.

Go on net and chat and stuff. Not sure what else happened until Sunday. My day off. *as well as monday, atleast for this week anyways* I go to Alex's. We get along good again. I think he gets lonely cause I don't think many people visit him. Anyways, he asks me if i want to watch the Jesus movie. At first i'm like yeah. SO it starts and he tells me its 3 hours long. I'm like, OMG, that is WAY too long. NM. He then gives me a guilt trip. He puts the music from the movie on there and cuts to some of the sadder parts in the movie. I then tell him that I don't want to watch it because i'd feel like a hypocrite watching that then playing violent video games and not doing anything he'd want us to do. *he is like whatever* I then set some stuff up on his computer.

Monday comes and I'm happy i don't have to work or go to class. *both my monday classes were canceled. So i'm there and we don't do that much. Just video games and some talking. At night, ended up staying up too late and watching this sad movie called "O". After that, we stay up and talk about Eliza. Mainly him but I do agree with what he is saying cause he is right. Though makes me like a total hypocrite cause come tomorrow, i'll probaly be hanging with her. So anyways, sleep at like 4 in the morning. I end up skipping classes and calling in sick.

I am here at home and now feel like i'm away again. Which sucks. So is my family. I think they need him cause they all seem like they are having thier own issues. Vanessa been really grumpy. *could be hormones though* My mom saying she feels like the lil bouncing circle on that depression commercial. My grandma mad at my mom for still having Lorenzo still livin here. And my big bro, my goodness, lets just say I know he's worse off than me. That is all.

P.S., thanks for the advices people. You don't know how much i value them.

Comments (2)

ShadowRose (Legacy)
In one of the Psalms, King David wrote about God always being with him. He talked about if he was in the heights of heaven, God was with him, and if he were in the depths of hell, God was still with him. We FEEL like God is far away when we have actually distanced ourselves from God by not going to him daily in prayer and reading our Bibles. If you have a good friend, but do not spend time each day talking to them and hanging out with them, how long is it before you hardly know them? Our relationship with God is the same way. God can do all things, but He wants us to put some effort into it too. What kind of a relationship is it if only one person is constantly contributing? You don't consider someone a very good friend if you are the one always giving, do you? Look at things from God's perspective.

BUT, it isn't something to beat yourself up about, just make an effort to change. It isn't easy, but anything worth having isn't easy in obtaining -- college should be teaching you that ;)

I'd love to hear from you at the discussion group. I hope to post my answers/insights soon, and would love to hear what you think.
kaliko88 (Legacy)
Life is like that, full of circles and cycles, though I'd actually liken it to an endless stream of loop-d-loops. But because things are always changing, they almost always change from bad to good. It gets better. It really does.

My point about you not being as far from God as you think was, He is always there. For instance, how many people do you think pray for you every day? How many times have you received just the right comment at just the right time? How many times has someone said something to cheer you up just when you needed it? That's God - with Him there is no such thing as a coincidence.

This may sound like a strange idea but, if your bro and sis need God as much as you do, why not ask them to church with you? Or join a bible study together? You could even do ShadowRose's online bible study together.

Just a thought .... or two .... hundred. *heehee*

>^..^<
 
 
 
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