Even though its a few years off still, I've been dreaming a lot about my next car. I really want a truck or suv, but I also say that I want to care for the planet and "Go Green!" If my actions aren't showing the same things as what I say I believe then I probably don't really believe it. I will most likely go with a car with better gas milage. I can't say I want to care for God's gift of creation to us and then not recycle, waste resources and drive a gas guzzler.
Yesterday I was thinking about all the distractions in my life and how if I could just get rid of everything then I'd be able to focus on God a lot more. I really understood why Jesus told the rich man to sell everything he had, its a question of true desire and commitment. We live in an upgrade society, we are never going to be satisfied with what we have because then next shinier model with more buttons will soon come out and we will HAVE to have it. "If you look around you and find nothing that satisfies, its probably because you weren't made for this world."- C.S. Lewis. I wasn't made for this world, rather than continuing to try and find something that satisfies I can just give it all up.
Live simply so others can simply live...we had a Compassion International spokesman come and do two concerts on campus. It was amazing. And then my teacher went on this rant today about how more people are dying from hunger than from abortion and our churches (especially the SBC) are not doing anything about it, but they will do all sorts of things for abortion (which is cool, keep doing it, but look at whats going on outside your country too).
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