Writing with heart

So it’s been 10 days since I started writing daily, and it’s somehow starting to be challenging. Not the writing part, because writing is easy. Writing with your heart in it is hard. I just know when my entries don’t have heart in it.

On the way to the office, the bus was showing the Fast and the Furious 5 movie. And there was this part where the police head asked for a newbie police to take part of the big case they’re handling. The superiors questioned him: “We have better and more qualified people sir, why her?” The answer was simple: “She’s motivated”.

I realized it’s not really about being good, or even the best. It’s about being great. It’s about doing the right job, and doing the job the right way. This defines greatness. Greatness that can only be attained when the one working is motivated.

Motivation gives the person an extra fuel that can make him run another thousand mile.

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What Makes A GB [Part 2]

I hope you remember this chart:

Before reading this, I really recommend you to read the part 1 first. It discussed the quote. This entry however is not talking about How to be a GB. It talks about the three principles in life that would guide us for a healthy relationship, which is God’s Best for both of you.

Let’s talk about the triangle principle.

FRIENDSHIP – is one of the foundations. You need to be very great friends with him/ her. The person must be your ONLY best friend in the opposite gender.

RESPECT - this foundation has a large scope in our life. Some people don’t have this with each other so it’s easy for them to do crazy things together and to each other.

PASSION - now this is much harder to explain because it’s vague, most of the time not quantifiable -emotions. Usually, this is the “hardest to find/come” among the three.

In order for your relationship to last, these tree must be present in your relationship.

Some people have FRIENDSHIP and RESPECT, but don’t have PASSION. You know these people are JUST FRIENDS.

Some have FRIENDSHIP and PASSION but don’t have RESPECT. This is where usually “one night stand” comes in the picture. They don’t respect each other, but they like each other.

Some have PASSION and RESPECT, but don’t have FRIENDSHIP. These are the people who have great admiration for someone but don’t have any means to bond with the person they admire. Usually models that you see in TV or wherever. You like and respect her, but you’re not friends with her.

If these three are present, then that would be a great relationship.

I will explain the OBEDIENCE segment in What Makes A GB [part 3].

Insecurity

We are insecure, some said for many bazillion reasons. But I don’t agree.

We are insecure because of the wrong perspective we have.

The fat thinks she’s not beautiful because the thin ones are the accepted in society. However the thin thinks she’s not thin enough, so she’s not yet too beautiful. The fat says: “My future hubby shouldn’t come now, wait until I lose wait!” On the other hand, the thin says: “My future hubby shouldn’t come now, I’m too insecure with my boobs yet.”

I did not make that up. I actually over-heard that from “the girls talk”. For the record, I came to the spot first. Then they arrived without noticing that someone was there, hearing everything they were talking about. Good thing I didn’t look at their faces.

The problem is we have a wrong perspective in this life. How about think about this idea?:

It’s really about having the right perspective.

God did not create us for modelling clothes, or marketing your body, or yourself. He created you to model Jesus. He created you to market the cross. He created you for His glory.

Enough with the wrong perspectives.

Smile

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Give your smile to everyone, but your heart to only one.

What makes a GB? [part 1]

Remember the “triangle principle” and the quote above.

First let’s discuss the quote.

If for example: your mom asked you to clean your room, but you didn’t, then you asked for another chore to do, and then she found out you didn’t do the first task. Do you think she’ll give you a new one? I don’t think so.

You might think that’s a bad example, because no one would actually do it. That’s the point. But the truth is, we’re actually doing it.

Many of us ask God to reveal “the person” to us. Why do you think He would, if in the first place, you have not been doing the things He revealed to you at first? Your first GB is written in his Word: “God’s will [God's Best] is for you to be holy…” (1 Thess 4:3).

If we are not in the process of pursuing holiness, then we are not in the right place to expect God’s blessing to move us toward another “God’s Best”. Remember, it’s not a person -it’s a series of God’s standard that we should follow continually to experience life at it’s best.

Question God

God wants you to follow Him,  with all your heart. But it really makes me sad when I meet Christians who say: “Just believe, and follow God!”

Well, I’m not talking about your “super faith-stretching” moments, where you are sure God wants you to do something, which you don’t completely understand why. That’s acceptable, God gives moments like that.

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What I mean is the questions that God already revealed in His Word. Despite of not properly understanding some things, still, we wholly accept them. Then we tell people around us to “just follow, obey!”. If that’s the case, we’re no better than robots. That’s why agnostics laugh at us.

God did not want us to follow Him just because your parents or the church say so. He wants you to question Him. Believe me, as you seek Him, He’ll lead you to the answers. When God makes it plain to you, He wants you to count the cost and then decide… to follow Him.