I don't know. Saw it was Karen's stat on YM and it made me think of the song. I love the Five Iron Frenzy version of it. Anyway, what is there to talk about tonight?
I listened to this really really good sermon today on gossiping and also on expecting too much from people. So I'll talk about that one. They said one thing that destroys relationships is expecting too much from someone, expecting them to do for you what God should be the one doing for you. It's like when you go to someone and expect them to cheer you up and they don't. They are just being themselves. But then we get all upset about it and be like, "She's not sensitive to my needs! I needed her right now to make me smile!" or "He was supposed to be there! Why did he not come?" or even "Didn't they see I was sad? Why didn't they have time?" Who are we to put such expectations and burdens on others? The worst part is that when they don't fulfill these unspoken expectations, we blame them. "It's their fault that I'm emo." "Why didn't they text back? I bet they hate me." All of this stuff, we blame others for not doing it. And that is just wrong. God should be the one we go to and we shoudl not be expecting others to do these things. What is worse is, God has a sense of irony, and usually we will find ourselves letting someone down in the same way. It's weird, huh?
I guess I haven't been the best of friend to a lot of people, putting expectations on them. That's no way to show love to a friend - looking to them to make my day better or take pain away. I vent, I rant. It's sad when I do that. I guess thats why I get shocked when people tell me that I HAVE been a good friend to them because I look and say, 'What did I do?" Because part of me has this expectation for what someone has to do for me to say that. Gets? It's a problem I have to work through. But that is why this blog is here, right? It's kind of a passive way to be open and be real and share struggles with fellow believers.
You know why it is good to do that? It is good because, to be honest, that is how we should be with one another. Open. Honest. Etc.
I don't know. Okay, I'm out. it's late. I need all of your help this weekend with something. I think I'm going to make Jonathan and/or Khat the point person because you know how good they are at being on top of tasks. RESPONSIBLE!!!! So, yeah, I'll post about it tomorrow so all of you can know about it :-) Much love!
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