Recognition

Somehow, every person who chooses to do unwise things eventually comes to find that it was, in fact, unwise.

What i find interesting about this is that choice does not only have to be attributed with an action. You can also choose to believe something. You can choose to believe that basketballs are green. If you have seen one in a while and you walk into a conversation that explains the green nature of this ball, you may choose to believe that this is true.

What i find to be very sad in all of this is that we seldom recognize that we do this.
Therefore, we don't exactly know what we believe.
Our choices seem less reflected upon.
We become unable to discern whether we are doing wise or unwise things.

This is dangerous.

Being in a college campus, i find myself clinging to new ideas at a very fast pace without even considering how i view myself at times. This is understandable but not desirable.

If we are unable to recognize when we think that we are ugly or stupid or unlovable or worthless it makes something that is already terrible and turns it into something even worse. Thinking those things is bad enough, but when you think it without even seeing that it is evil and wrong to believe in this way, it does more damage. Somehow, the act of recognizing what is occurring in our souls often leads us to a state of panic. We become scared of coming to this point and even try to avoid it at times. I am here to tell you that if you want to live a full life, you must come to this point.

God doesn't need us to fix the things that are deep down. He's got that. He just wants us to give them to him. We can't do this without truly recognizing the specific things in our life that need to be address. It's terrifying, it's difficult, and it is extremely worth it.