Importance of Friendships and Praise
Alright, I really don't even know why I even write in this thing because it seems like no one reads it besides my brother, but I'm scared to write certain things in here just in case some people do read it.
Anyway, as you already know I started an internship a couple weeks ago and it is amazing, I have been able to attend so many meetings and write articles for a newsletter and meet different people...I love it!!!!
Different subject....but have any of you just get tired of hearing the same old things, like wishing that you could once again just have deep and meaningful conversation with a close friend. I just sometimes get so tired of the pointless meaningless talk with people that I would consider to be "aquaintances". Its so hard to find true friends nowadays. Now I know it takes a while to cultivate a good relationship with someone but I haven't really found any people lately that I would think I could have a good relationship with, (besides sara)....(nick, and aaron are also my close friends but they all live quite a ways away). Not that I am at all taking them for granted, they are amazing people, and everytime I hang out with them I actually walk away feeling like I have learned something. I also know that I can always be myself around them, so thank you for your friendship, you guys are awesome and I thank God for placing you in my life.
Another change of subject....God has been teaching me lately the importance of praise and just spending time with Him. Its amazing how I could just be having a horrible day but just start praising him for things and its like he just lifts the burdens right off of your shoulders...its amazing! The power of praise is amazing. Another thing that God has been teaching me is about how sometimes I just go to Him when I need something. Like I go to Him when times are hard, he fills me with joy and peace and then I go on for a couple days just living off that one experience. God wants so much more than that, he wants are relationship. I think another thing that adds to that in my life which I wrote in one of my earlier posts is the false idea that God is always mad at me for the things I've done, so it seems like I can't go to him...I know this is a lie.
Anyway, as you already know I started an internship a couple weeks ago and it is amazing, I have been able to attend so many meetings and write articles for a newsletter and meet different people...I love it!!!!
Different subject....but have any of you just get tired of hearing the same old things, like wishing that you could once again just have deep and meaningful conversation with a close friend. I just sometimes get so tired of the pointless meaningless talk with people that I would consider to be "aquaintances". Its so hard to find true friends nowadays. Now I know it takes a while to cultivate a good relationship with someone but I haven't really found any people lately that I would think I could have a good relationship with, (besides sara)....(nick, and aaron are also my close friends but they all live quite a ways away). Not that I am at all taking them for granted, they are amazing people, and everytime I hang out with them I actually walk away feeling like I have learned something. I also know that I can always be myself around them, so thank you for your friendship, you guys are awesome and I thank God for placing you in my life.
Another change of subject....God has been teaching me lately the importance of praise and just spending time with Him. Its amazing how I could just be having a horrible day but just start praising him for things and its like he just lifts the burdens right off of your shoulders...its amazing! The power of praise is amazing. Another thing that God has been teaching me is about how sometimes I just go to Him when I need something. Like I go to Him when times are hard, he fills me with joy and peace and then I go on for a couple days just living off that one experience. God wants so much more than that, he wants are relationship. I think another thing that adds to that in my life which I wrote in one of my earlier posts is the false idea that God is always mad at me for the things I've done, so it seems like I can't go to him...I know this is a lie.
posted by Amber McCarthy @ 12:31 AM
2 Comments:
At 6:14 PM, October 19, 2005,
Nick said…
Thanks for the props. I don't know what things would be like now if we hadn't cultivated a really good friendship during our senior year... good call--it was a blessing. It was nice having those meaningful conversations all the time... there was the possibility for them almost everyday, and I kind of miss that too. Good entry.
At 8:26 PM, October 20, 2005,
Matt Hall said…
This might be a bit long because I am catching up and commenting on the last few of your posts so bear with me.
I find that meaningful conversations are rare in my life as well. Most of them are just the same old surfact level stuff. Rarely does it get deep. It is really too bad. Sometimes I feel like everyone would rather sit in front of a TV then have a meaningful or important conversation. When I do have that rare conversation it is like an oasis in a desert, revitalizing and refreshing.
As for the entry where you talked about running in place. I used to feel like that all the time. It sucked. It would be as soon as I started to get closer to God in some way I would be derailed by some sort of distraction. It was no doubt an attack of the enemy which I think about much more now that I have read Wild At Heart...
So how are you liking Captivating? I want to read it eventually as well as John Elderage's other books. Wild At Heart has helped me so much in understanding who I am, why I am, how God is, and the attacks of the enemy. I would guess that your experience with his writing is similar. It is quite amazing, as you said, when you find out that everything we need is in God. EVERYTHING. The way John Elderage described how God loves me, wants to help me, and make me the real me blew me away. It all made so much sense. I think it would be extremely helpful for just about every Christian to read his books. They have helped me more than I can say because God was revealing things to me through them.
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