Monday, December 1, 2008

About this blog

So I guess I will start with the reason I made this blog.
This is my personal blog on all matters of life. I have a seperate blog on social justice that I created today otherwise that was going to totally get mixed into this blog and it would have become what that is anyway.
I am 18, have finished high school and that's the main reason I created this.
Now I have finished the part of my life that was set out for me. Now I have choices to make for my life and it's direction. This really is huge.
Perhaps this will be read by younger people looking for knowledge of the path ahead of them. Most likely also for my peers who wonder what I'm doing and want to stay in touch.
Or perhaps the interests of older who could pick up on some things new and also help with guidance, I really don't know what will happen :p

So where does the name of this blog come from. Well it comes from a brochure for a gap year programme which totally hit me as something I totally feel about my life and may even go on this gap year programme. But anyway here it is:

Live your life
Some people make a difference, most just make a living. A few Christians are world-changers, other just church-goers. Some play life hard, some hardly play. You can spend your life investing in eternity or retirement.

That really hit me and perhaps as a future plan for this blog I will breakdown each sentence in discussion. But yeh this was totally me when I read it. Really something I had been thinking about.

This blog can also be accountability to that, I want to play life hard.
I guess I will leave you with my hope for you and something I have thought about a lot lately and I think it is vital for all to think about.

What will make you happy?
(With a bombshell like that I think my next post will need to follow up on that matter)

7 comments:

fuzzyguzz said...

Your "play life hard" comment is interesting.

I think you are slightly misguided though.

It's more "play life as God wants it".

Some people are born to be missionaries, some businessmen and some people are meant to be normal people, caring for others and showing them God's love.

If you open up your heart to God, then he will pull you in the direction HE wants. For every Billy Graham, there are the millions who prayed, the millions who brought their friends and the millions who helped usher people. Now, according to your logic, you are saying that they aren't doing what God wants because they aren't living life "hard".

So, instead of playing life "Hard" play it with a heart for God.

Obviously God has told your direction atm(I think?) and that's awesome!:D Ka pai!

That should be your goal- giving your life for God! Just don't judge others.

Also, I think you might find this verse interesting:

"He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much" (Luke 16:10 NKJV)."

chemikills said...

Hmm I see what you mean. But it is a generalised comment.
I think you took it a bit hard. In my perspective if you are praying you are being a world changer ;)
How do you change the world?
One random act of kindness at a time :p
If you are commited in that way you are still a world changer to God...
We are looking at 2 extremes in each comment.

Your bible quote pretty much backs up what I said. People that are commited to prayer could be considered doing little, but it is much :)

fuzzyguzz said...

Sweet-maybe define what you mean on your blog then? Because atm it's coming out as the complete opposite:)

chemikills said...

Well the reason I did is that I don't want this to just be a blog for christians :)

I don't think it comes out opposite, I think it's a challenging comment about you dedication. It's about dedication!
In this case dedication to God :)

fuzzyguzz said...

"A few Christians are world-changers, other just church-goers."

So being a "normal" church-goer is bad? And considering this is "not just for christians", then maybe it should be in a non-christian context?

fuzzyguzz said...

Btw liking your blog!

I'm just generally sick of the whole Christian "if you don't go over to Africa to become a missionary, you are a bad person" attitude that seems to be in the Christian "culture" atm.

Not a personal attack on you... in fact, I like what you have to say:)

chemikills said...

I never said you have to go over to Africa :P
Depends on your definition of normal church goer.
My personal belief is that way too many people sit on the fence nowdays.

Either you believe in God or you don't. I decided I do and now I am working towards 100% life for God. I may never get there but I can always get closer :)

Revelation 3:15 is my background as a constant reminder:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other.
So you may never be totally "hot" in context. But if your working towards it rather than sitting on the fence. As I pointed out before you can still be a world changer.

Okay so the blog started out with a phrase that was totally in a christian context. Some of my non-christian friends who I do not judge for it but need to point out, liked the phrase and still found inspiration from it.

As I said before I believe it's all about dedication in that phrase.