Philosphies

The thing about a blog is that it gets a little addicting to write in order to see the amount of posts grow and see the site develop. If you are wondering why I post at such odd intervals, it's because I have to constantly fight the urge to post simply for the sake of posting. I've been trying to put together some scattered thoughts into one cohesive post, so here we go!

Just the other day someone mentioned that they liked my philosophies. That got me to thinking a lot about what I would consider some of my life philosophies to be. Here's what I've come up with so far.

Philosophy: Let My Love be the Proof.

Ever since I heard For King & Country's song 'The Proof of Your Love' for the first time it got to my heart and spoke to me. Let my life be the proof of Your love? Those are some pretty strong, challenging words. In case you haven't picked up on it yet, I like being challenged, so this song is perfect. This whole song is a challenge to make my entire life proof that I am loved by Christ - I want someone who doesn't know me to be able to look at my life from any aspect and wonder why in the world she acts in a way so different from what they see around them in the world, that they see a light and a love and a heart for others that they can't help but be drawn to  and want to know why I seem so different.

Philosophy: Be Joyful Always. 1 Thessalonians 5:16.

If you want to get technical you could easily argue this as being similar to philosophy number one, but I get to write whatever I want because it's my blog, so yay for free speech! No where in the Bible does it say - "If you become a Christian and follow Christ, your life will be fantastic." No where. God does not promise a trouble free life, look at John 16:33, for example. I like being joyful, but please don't get the misconception that I have never experienced hard things. I think everyone has, however something God is continually teaching me is how to be joyful through those things. Something I had to learn as a sophomore in high school was that joy and happiness are two very different, un-related concepts. It is one of my constant goals in life to consider it pure joy when I'm faced with trials because those are the times that my faith is being tested and perseverance is being produced (See James Chapter 1). Full Disclosure: I think Satan bothers Christians who are striving to grow in their faith with many, many more difficult trials because it is his goal in life to keep me from Christ. So when the trials happen? I guess now I kind of see that as almost an affirmation of just how valuable and worthy I must be to Christ if Satan is working so hard to keep me away from Him! Neat!


Philosophy: Sports bra and no make-up.

The philosophy I easily admit I struggle with the most is accepting the fact that I am beautiful. Beauty from the inside-out is a concept the world doesn't really preach! But what I've figured out between perseverance, time, incredibly supportive friends and God's grace is that people love me just as much whether I spent a lot of time trying to look awesome as when I'm wearing a sports bra, no make-up, and my hair is a mess. To me, if a girl is comfortable enough to do that and feel secure in the knowledge that she is no less beautiful or worthy that way than when she puts in a ton of time and money into her appearance - that is super attractive.

(1 Peter 3:2-4)


There's some more philosophies, but I don't have them all detailed out in my mind yet. :)