It’s been over two weeks since my last blog post. A lot has happened since the end of
October. First of all, I broke my
finger. After letting it heal in the
wrong position for almost two weeks, I had to get surgery. Now I have a cast over my right hand and am
forced to type left-handed. As you can
imagine, this makes it very slow.
Another thing that happened is that I was blessed to be able to give a
five-minute “children’s message” at my church last Sunday. It was a great experience and I was able to
speak about the importance of willingly binding ourselves to Jesus Christ,
using a pair of handcuffs to illustrate my message. Finally, on the 24th of October, I
turned 16. No, I haven’t gotten my driver's permit yet. I still have some studying
to do. There are many things I look
forward to now that I’m sixteen. Getting
my permit and a job are definitely among those things. More recently I’ve been thinking about what’s
most important in my life. Scouts has
been a huge portion of my life in these past few years, but as I’ve grown in
Christ more, it’s become less important to me. I still think scouts is a great thing, but I praise God that he’s been growing in me the desire to serve Him more
instead of getting caught up in things that don't have eternal value.
I’m
very thankful that one of my favorite blogs, The Rebelution, has begun to write new things. One of the pages I found while searching the
site caught my attention. It was called, "Teen Girls Define 'A Real Man'". It
lists several different points that make up what a man of God looks like, along
with scripture to back them up. Reading
over the points was very humbling, and showed me many different ways in which I
can grow as a man. In my next few posts,
I hope to go over these points. However,
there are also points of what a “real woman” looks like, so I will try to
compare the points of both in their own separate ways. Guys and girls are completely different; created by God to do different things.
That’s why you can’t have a definition of a “real person”. God made us to be men (and women) after His
heart, which is why I appreciate that the lists were made separately under the careful thought and prayer of Christ-minded teens. In my next post I will get into the first
points of the lists. The links to the two lists are: Teen Girls Define "A Real Man” and Teens Define "A Real Woman"
Well, I
think that’s enough left-handed typing for one day. His blessings,
Nathan.