true confessions

Reason #1 I've been wanting an iphone?

You can get really pretty cases on etsy

Reason #2?

Hello Instagram. 

I'm addicted. 

I was addicted before I started.

Reason #3?

Auto-correct is hilarious. 

I'm so excited for the first time I embarrass myself by sending something ridiculous. 

Hooray for consumerism. 

Best Better Bonus Bedtime Brainworks

You like the title? There's more where that came from.
"Brainworks" is a pretty catchy synonym for "thoughts" don't you think? Thank you thesaurus.com.


Anyway...


From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Luke 12:48b




When I take those words seriously, they scare me. 


I often wonder why I am so blessed, why I have one of those "boring" lives that never leads me through struggles. Why have I never experienced intense pain and loss? Why do I have a family that loves me, no matter what? 
Why has God protected me from so much? Why has he given me so much? It's not something that I can comprehend! 


I also so often wonder why God seems to have such high expectations for me. Other people who are following Jesus with as much or more honesty and love as I am feel fine, so why don't I?
Why can't I watch The Avengers or a similar movie without feeling sick?
Why can't I have a few drinks without feeling like I'm abandoning all my morals?
Why have I been given this position with Young Life that seems over my head?
Why can't I date someone, just to see how it goes? 
Why can't I just let things slide sometimes? 
Why, Why, Why?


This passage in Luke really answers all of those questions! I've been given SO MUCH, therefore, God demands a lot of me. 
He has protected me so that he can use me. He's saved me pain and struggles, so that I can be a more whole and healthy person working for him!
He's given me this life, and given me great responsibility in conducting it in a way that points back to him constantly.
That's amazing!


It is scary, knowing that I do have to live differently(and knowing that I really don't a lot of the time). However, it's also incredibly exciting! 


Living differently has been on my mind so much lately, and coincidentally (thanks, God) the sermon at Parkside this past Sunday on Acts 17:16-34 pertained to the topic as well! give it a listen here. 


Has God been asking you to live differently lately? If you haven't heard him asking, do you think you should be? What are your thoughts?