Don't waste your summer

It's summer!

Last year, John Tang shared with me a list that closely related with this list when I told Him how scared I was about wasting my summer. Last year was an epic Fail with an uppercase F, but I'm ready to take on this year's summer with full force, on full throttle and I'm gonna do it!

I've been reading alot of blogs this week-- and for alot of people the main topic seems to be time. Time always seems to be our worst enemy doesn't it? "There's so many things I want to do-- but oh darn there's not enough time", "I would totally be more ready for this test if I had a little bit more time", "OMG I'm gonna be a third year, where did all the time go? I wish it would slow down"-- just a few of my own personal examples. Time annoys me because I cant control it. I'm a control freak and I ususally feel most secure when I have everything tightly entwined between my finger tips like string puppets where I am in complete control of everything. But oh you Time-- darn that time-- I close my eyes and time passes by. There's no way of grabbing a hold of it to slow it down, nothing I can do to tell it to stop or go back a few minutes-- and that frustrates me.

All of us are given the same 24 hour period a day. In my pastor's words, "All of us receive the same amount of time each day, but is it being spent aimlessly or is it being invested wisely?" When I think about how I spend the 24 hours of my day, I put myself to shame because I know better than anyone how much of this time I "waste" indulging in myself, vegging on personal pleasures that will only take me so far to make me sleepy enough to give into a shameful nap, and adding little to no benefit to any one else around me.

At the end of each day, I imagine myself to be dragging my feet, face down, emptihanded. Dragging my feet in reluctance to come, face down in shame and emptihanded with nothing to bring but the waste that took place.

I love summer; It's an extended time of good weather and limited stress and I want to use it the best I can. I want to spend time with people and encourage them. I want to read books and fill my heart with all the more reasons to worship Him with my life and with everything I am. I want to invest in His Kingdom and not only share but to build relationships. I want to journal and testify of His faithfulness and majesty in my life. I want to enjoy the sunshine. I want to watch movies. I want to pray more. I want to go to disneyland. I want to learn how to play piano. I want to make necklaces out of flowers and I want to learn to praise God for His creation.

There's so much I want to do
and now I feel like summer's not enough time to do all these things

Yikes,
there I go again. -_-


Thank You God, for time.
Help me to use it to glorify You

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This exerpt is about Sabina who suffered under mad persecution but yet remained faithful to the Lord and to the people around her. In the midst of sufferings she endured and endured it joyfully and later she and her husband brought her family's murderers to Christ. Read the whole story here


People are fighting and laboring for the Kingdom of God on a daily basis with the "little time" they have. . What are we doing?

Give thanks-- being at home, private times of reading, oppurtunities to encourage my parents, the joy of Christ in my family, preparing for FOF to do with my sisters, pho hana, yogurt, the strength and wisdom You provide to help me as I try my hardest to be discerning..