identity crisis

i realized that our generation is more fond of updating our status on twitter, leaving comments on our friends facebook wall, and watching the newest most popular youtube clip of the week than spending a little bit of time with God.

we try so hard to use these outlets to express our emotions, and creativity for the world to see.

Why is it that we are so eager to show each other how good we look in our new haircut but cant seem to share with our friends what we learned that day or week about God? why is it that we cant seem to mold ourselves to be more holy but find it so easy to be more like our favorite celebrity? && why are we so concerned about looking beautiful on the outside rather than trying to cleanse ourselves from the dirty thoughts and actions that taint us from within?

i wish our generation of Christians would understand that God does not care how trendy/stylish our look is, or how perfect and splinter free our hair is, or even how economically friendly we are. God probably doesnt even wear clothes. -_- either way, i feel that our generation just cares a little TOO MUCH. (including me) im writing about this because i use to be the one to frown upon people who spent hours at a time looking at clothes and now i have become the very person i didnt want to be. i dont want to say having a passion for good clothes isnt bad, im just say, LOVE GOD FIRST. dont check the gossip collumn or the photography blog before you do your quiet time with God. because if you do, you are choosing something before God, making it your idol.
im ranting, i know.
i didnt want this blog to be this way, but you know what? its my blog i do it my way

i watched a short series of nooma by Rob Bell titled rain.
it answered so many of the questions that boggled my mind for some time.
how are we set apart from those that do not believe?
how do we as Christians stand out?
what is Gods role during our time of suffering?
besides being molded what other good can come from such challenges?
all of these questions are easily answered by rain.

The Wise and Foolish Builders

²⁴"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
-Matthew 7:24-27

when Christians face trials, we run to God our father. and its times like these that God cherishes because God hears the cries of his children. Never regret or condemn God for the hardships we face or have faced in the past because those were the times we shared the most intimate, vulnerable moments with the creator of all things.
remember, you are not a twitface, you are a child of God