Getting My Eyes Forced Open

OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

Today is Wednesday. Just another day to go to youth group and learn Scripture, right? WRONG. Today is WEDNESDAY. A day to have God use one of your closest friends to spontaneously give his testimony in front of all of his peers and leaders! Andrew, I know you're reading this, you're like the only one who does. Thank you for letting the Holy Spirit speak through you! That's awesome!

"What I realized was that I have only been serving my King, and not also having a relationship with Him."

What I'd like to share with you, internet, is that what he said ^ is exactly what I've been doing. I've been all lip-service, and nothing real. I'm going to start getting into the Word and becoming that prayer warrior that I was before. Enough with being lukewarm and fake! I want to be real! This summer will be a good one. The start of the rest of my life. =)

That's all for today, and I encourage you Christians to check your walk is well. Are you serving God in a true relationship? Are you serving Him at all? Do some praying and some real Bible reading.

Love to you all,
     -Meg

Serving Society

Hello, internet.

     So its summer now and I'm done with school! I'm waiting to be technically "promoted" to my next year of high school, and all I'll really be doing is walking across a stage with my class, receiving a piece of paper with my name on it, then sitting down and waiting for the actual graduation to begin (which my best friend is a part of. Congratulations, Sarah!).  Now let's get down to the portion of the blog where I begin my real rant. Buckle up, kids. This will be one people might care about.

     When you're about halfway done with high school, up until......well, up until you're done with school completely, people are going to ask you, "What's your major?" or "What are your future career plans?" or in the case of 99% of Christians, "So, Master's College, yeah? That's where your going, right?"
Now don't get me wrong, friends. Master's college is an AMAZING school. I know quite a lot of people who go there, including my aunt. But its just not for me. So why isn't it for me? Well, they do not have my major. I want to be a sculptor/animator/artist. Now let me tell you, this choice has been highly frowned upon by my older friends, who are, of course, only looking out for me. But I love it and I'm actually good at it! There aren't many things in the world that I have a talent for and enjoy, so why not put my gift to use?

Serious question: If you have a gift, why not use it?

    I REALLY want to be a musician above all other career options, but that's even harder to get into than art.
But with all of this aside, let's talk about how careers affect society. Now I know what you're thinking, "Meg, shut up. You don't know anything. Why do you blog?" Well, bitter human, the answer is, BECAUSE I CAN.

     I've recently discovered that there are issues in the world. No kidding, right? But seriously. This world we live in is a horrible, disgusting, sinful place. But why should we let it rot? If the dishes are dirty, do we just leave them dirty and eat off of them again? (I REALLY hope you don't.) NO! That's gross! We have soap and sponges, don't we? So we should use them to clean the mess we made. Do you read me, internet? LET'S CLEAN UP OUR MESS. We have what we need, so why are we sitting on our butts watching Fox News and saying, "Wow, people really have it bad. I'm glad I live in a higher class of society." or the ever so famous, "There are starving kids in Africa." I hate that sentence with a passion. It's completely true. You're saying something completely true about starving children in another country. Yes, that's a thing that's happening. A very serious one. And you telling your kids or whoever that it'll make a difference if you eat your peas because other children don't get to eat peas, should bother you. Sure, we shouldn't waste food, being that others don't have that privilege, but sometimes you make too much to finish. If you have leftovers, you have so many great options. 1. Save them and eat them tomorrow. It'll save time, money, and won't go to waste. 2. Give it to someone who you know could use a meal because they haven't eaten.  3. I think you get the point.

     Anyway, my whole point is that it really doesn't matter if you waste food because you can't finish. Because no matter how much you eat, those children in Africa you were just talking about, are still going to be starving. So stop using that example!

     I want to serve society by helping those less fortunate. After college or maybe instead of(who knows) I'll travel around and serve as many people as I can around the world. Maybe someday I'll go to another country, but for now I think I'll help out in my not-so-perfect country. There's the Pregnancy Resource Center, the Children's Hunger Fund, and other organizations that could use all the help they can get. You should help too, and stop watching the news if you aren't going to do something to help change it.

Good night.
     -Meg