Originally Posted: Be a Doer

***When I returned to Chicago 3.5 years ago for my surgery, I started a blog as one place all family and friends could go to read updates on my health. I then realized it was also a way of promoting awareness. Shortly after that, I started a second blog, for the purpose of sharing my faith. As time went on, I became convicted about something.

It was wrong of me to separate the two, as my faith, Jesus, is the absolute reason for my strength in getting through this. I could not exclude Him from my health blog even if others suggested to do so. Thus, I started talking more about my faith on my main blog. Now, many times, it's more about Him than me, which is where I came up with the current title 'About Me, Not About Me'. This story may be about me, but really it's not about me, it's about Him. That old blog still sits out there no longer being used. So I decided over time I will begin to move those posts from there to here to have everything in one place.

In just beginning to read some of my first posts, I've realized the amount of work God has truly done in me. A lot of times we hate the journey and want to get to our next destination, but it is in that very journey that God molds you into who He created you to be.***

Originally Posted: January 31, 2014
Be a Doer

Often you will hear people say "get with the times" or "It's 2014!". All these comments are indicating you need to let loose, adapt to fit into society... their personal notion of society.

Do you?

No.

Let society adapt to fit in with you. That is, if you are a true Christian and striving to live the life of one.

The amount of years I've been on this world is nothing compared to the amount of years since the beginning of time. And yet, the amount of change I've seen over those short amount of years seems like a lot, and not in a good way.

As the years go on, people get further and further away from the truth. Yes, things change, but where we are grounded should remain the same. Why? Because God does not change as times go on. God does not say "oh it's 2014, better let go of that now." Absolutely not. And if we are grounded in faith, remain close to God, we should not change either. I'm talking in reference to morals.

The Bible tells all we need to know. The Bible should be our guide for life. Not other people, not society as a whole, not what year it is.

If we allow one thing to change this year, and another the next, where are we going to be in 20 years? I mean goodness, look where we are already. If you have kids, don't you want them to have a good grounding? Good morals? And wouldn't you want their kids the same? So why do allow such adaptation in the wrong direction? Why do we permit lying, cheating, stealing, so on and so forth? Why do we say it's ok to do something that 50 years ago would have been frowned strongly against? Just because it's 2014? That really doesn't make a lot of sense if you really think about it.

So many people lack commitment. So many people lack strong values. So many people lack morals. And as we are lacking, we are allowing the bad to get in, the evil, the temptation, straying away from the truth. Stop. Stop right now and reformulate who you are and who you are meant to be in Christ Jesus. And lead others to do the same. You want to make a difference? Do it. Be the change you want to see, and make sure that change is in the right direction. Let God lead you.

 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:22-25