Setting the bar

2 Timothy 2:25-26 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

I read this verse today and began to evaluate my performance as a role model and teacher towards others, because I feel that I am in that roll quite often. People know who I am, and what I believe and what I'm about. My RA staff knows I'm Christian, my employers know, and all my friends know. Even the people that don't like me call me a bible rat.

Though I do sin, I know I can live a Christian lifestyle. I know that I have set good examples through my behavior. By reading proverbs, I've learned and am continuing to learn how to live a Christian lifestyle and how to show others that through my actions.

When it comes to words though, it's a different story. It's always been difficult for me though, to confront others about their poor decisions or behavior. My internship has allowed me to do this in a therapeutic setting, and my RA role has allowed me to do this in terms of the rules, but that's it so far.

It makes me nervous to instruct on the bible, and though I read it often, it makes me nervous to instruct others on it. What if they catch me off guard and I can't answer a question, what if I make God look foolish because I can't answer a question? Those are the types of things I think about every time I am in the position of the teacher. I love being the teacher because I feel that I know much about God's Word and how to live a Christian life, but I'm always afraid it's not going to be enough to satisfy the next student.

This train of thought leads me to two different sentiments:
1. I'm being to harsh on myself and I am a good teacher in my own way. I just beat myself up quite a bit in overthinking it.

2. Though I may be a good teacher in some respects I certainly need to fine tune my biblical knowledge so I don't have to continue feeling this way.

Perhaps I am better in knowing the action rather than the word. Whether or not this is the case, this passage has taught me that it is important to be able to instruct, because it is good for the other person to be able to escape from the sin their life is caught in. One way or the other, should my brother or sister fall into a negative train of thought, I should be able to have the knowledge to gently correct and inform him or her of how to get back on the right track.

That's quite the tall order isn't it? This verse sort of gives the reader this responsibility for one's bretherin, which I think is fantastic. We are one body, after all. We function best when we are all working in unison.

So yeah...Study the bible...take responsibility...instruct and care for one another...you got it God

Yes Mighty Megatron!

Terradive! Get on your knees and do what you do best! Be my gamecube controller table!


No bein a perv with the statement I mentioned above...their just plastic toys okay?

Photos

4/1 a bicurious french fry at rose ally

4/2 Myles and I headin out to best buy early in the morning. Stopped and picked up dunkins then dragon naturally speaking...which proved to be a worthwhile purchase.

4/4 Myles decided to take a call in a particularly wierd place

4/5 Making Lemon Chicken pasta. Mike happened to be my lemon buddy

4/7 Margarita and Christina goin clubbin!

4/8 Providence with Emily & Jeff! Spent all our time at teavanna...but it was well spent!

4/8 Still providence...being hoodlums

4/9 Spending a nice day with Margarita...taking nature walks and marvelling at the buds

4/9 We found geese at the pond at umass! They were friendly...until they attacked the duck.

Doing my best here guys...I took my photo today the 12 it was the transformer, but i know i missed a few days. Gotta keep plugging along!

Shockwave, You Have a Call!

Here we see Shockwave has received a call, and its taken the effort of both mighty Megatron and Darkmount in able to hold the phone up for Shockwave! Look at that stance by Darkmount, trying so hard to support megatron! Thank goodness Shockwave has such great Decepticon buddies!

365

Every Friday, I will be posting a batch of photos. I'm undertaking a difficult task I'm sure many of you have heard of your friends doing before - the 365 project. The way it works is you're supposed to take one picture a day every day for one year straight. I'll be using this blogger as an incentive to do so! You should look at these pics though. I promise I'll do interesting things and take pics of them as long as you follow me!!!

Mundane Transformer Lifestyles

Just to let you all know, every Tuesday I will post one picture of the transformers trying to just live and do their day to day activities. So make sure you catch this every Tues to see all the goodies I toss up here.

Today we have poor terradive trying to get a sip of coffee, but he's too short!



Here is what I like to call teamwork. Tomahawk here is giving Terradive a boost to grab some delicious Dunkins Coffee. Terradive wouldn't NEED a boost if Dunkins made Decepticon sized beverages.

Yes Dunkins, America may run on you, but the transformers will run OVER you if you don't get adequately sized coffee cups! For Shame! Think of the customer! Even if he is only 6 inches in height!

Contemplations

This is my personal space to reflect on God's word, and the magnificent world around us. Look at the delicate workings of the snowy precipitation on a cold New England evening. So quiet, yet so complex and busy. The perfect autumn day is a result of chemical reactions and chlorophyll within the leaves. Once again, a silent and complex course nature takes, directed by God. That aside, there are so many marvelous things that occur within this world without any influence or help from humanity at all. I'm sure Earth would still be beautiful and spin on its axis if we never existed.

But, we are here, aren't we?

I'd like you to do a little analytical thinking with me. How do you think the Transformers relate to the aforementioned concepts? I love transformers, it only seemed natural to incorporate them into my blog. It seems silly in comparison to the two, but that is the point. In the cartoon series, even though the Autobots were protecting their home world, Cybertron, from the Decepticons, it was ravaged and destroyed. Then they came to Earth, and even though they arrived with the best intentions, they still brought wreckage and death. We humans are aliens to the beauty of nature (Autumn) and God. We sin, are destructive, and I would argue inherently immoral.

Thrown into the mess of this world, we can only strive to be Autobots. We humans are destructive in nature, but we can work to study and actively lead a life of wise decisions, morality, and surround ourselves with those who will keep us accountable. We will fall, lose, make irrevocable mistakes, and consider ourselves unworthy, but we need to continue to get up, and seek our Maker. He has set the example, and we need to follow in His footsteps. When we do fall, we must remember that a sacrifice has been made by Christ, and so that we Autobots may be able to transform, and roll out (metaphorically speaking.)