Thursday, September 4, 2008

Learning to Live part 2

In response to a comment left on my last post by Mrs. J.
I would have to say that I feel most alive when when I'm having "real" discussions with my friends, When I'm laughing and enjoying life, when I find God, whether it be in worship or in day to day circumstances. The times when I feel least alive are when life gets monotonous. When it seems like the days blurr together and I couldn't tell you what I did on tuesday as opposed to monday. I couldn't tell you how God had spoken to me in those times because I guess I wasn't really seeking Him. I hate those days and I try to do everything I can to mix things up and get out of that "monotonousness". I want each day to be different and I want each day to be a day that God is showing me something. My dreams on the other hand aren't so clear yet. They come and go like the seasons. One day I want one thing for my life, the next I want something else. Its hard to surrender over something to God when you're not even sure what it is yourself. I'm pretty sure that I want to be a police officer though. So that is one thing I'm just waiting to see how God is going to work in that. Other than that I don't know that I have that many dreams. I don't know that I feel safe to dream. It seems like everytime I dream of something really cool and really big then it gets shut down. So I can't say that I spend a lot of my time dreaming anymore.....

2 comments:

ArmyforChrist said...

Hey Taylor,
It's interesting b/c I was just talking to Chris about the very same thing, how it's hard to dream nowadays, b/c they don't seem to come to fruition, and my life now is completely different than what I always envisioned myself being/doing! Thanks for sharing! Miss you!
Rachel

Seized by Hope said...

OH Tay it made me sad that your dreams are shut down. "Not safe to dream".

I imagine your dreams must be wonderful and something important to the Kingdom of God for Satan to have shut them down before you've even reached 18.

I am praying that you will risk dreaming again and then risk naming your dreams for some people who can hope with you in them.

Thanks for writing an answer to my question...I enjoyed hearing about your days. I hear that you love to experience life in various settings. You don't want to livein monotony...it doesn't feel safe it feels boring. Hooray for you there!

I hate monotony as well.

Looking forward to your next post!