Commitment.

I don't know if I've posted about this yet, but FCA is doing this thing for the new year where we pick a word for the year, and make it the "theme" for the year 2012. I chose the word "Commitment". For a number of different reasons, but I think that the reasons I can use this word for me are continually growing each and every day.


1: Commit more and more to the Lord, who has already committed Himself totally and fully to us.

2:Commit to my schoolwork like I should have been, it's kind of like a "reverse Senioritis" deal. Going Ham the last 2 years of high school rather than the first two, and dropping off.


3: Commit to my friends in many different ways. Whether this be showing them the love of the Lord, lovingly correcting them when they screw up, and I can show them where, helping them out regardless of whether or not I know how, or even just serving with or for them.


4: Commit to myself. I've been struggling with things like people telling me "You're wrong" or "You're a child". Truthfully, I don't resent these statements, but I do think they are 100% wrong at times. I'm Committing to stand up for myself, Committing to show those who are around me that it doesn't matter how young I am, I still have intellect, and I am just as smart as they are, maybe just in a different way. I also am going to commit by leading EVERYONE by example.


Basically there are many reasons that I chose this word, but I think it's time that people knew that I am not okay with the way that things are going, and have recently been going. I will go to whatever lengths the Lord is willing to take me to in order to show people that I am not just another kid who will submit to any challenges. I will not let the enemy get the best of me. I will not show people the glory of TJ. I will show them the glory of the Lord, because that is the only reason that I can do the things that I can do anyway. I can't type this without the Lord, soo.




I also am going to commit myself to my friends in a way that involves: No fear in the sense that I am going to tell them what I REALLY think about them, or the things that they are doing. I'm sick of living in that fear. I will also commit to friends when I am talking to them about the Lord, because there is no way that when I am talking to kids who don't know Christ, that I can screw up the Lord's words. I am not that powerful. God will always prevail in those situations. 


Basically, I am tired of fear, I am tired of not living a life fully committed to the Lord. Things are going to change, and with the Lord's help, they will change when they are supposed to change.


Thanks for reading.




 I love you guys. 
TJ