Finally! I got a personal blog. I'll admit; I waited awhile to get one cuz I really wasn't sure if I would ever make posts, and I found the concept of it kinda funny; who actually wants to sit down and write? But really, when I thought about it, I realized that this is just another opportunity to share with other people how God has touched me and continues to work in my life. And I have a feeling that judging how this is going so far, it'll be quite a nice break from my studies and homework and swimming. So thank you to all who decide to follow my blog, its really appreciated, and I hope you might gain something from what God is saying to me.
Sooooo first of all, maybe I should explain myself a little before I talk about what the Spirit has really been laying on my heart lately; just in case someone from Turkey or Uzbekistan decides to drop in and doesn't even know me. I am Andrew Christopher Nelson. My birthday is June 27th. I am a freshman at Oklahoma Baptist University. I am from Nebraska! My mother and father are simply amazing!!!!! I miss them terribly and can't wait to see them in just a month :) I have two older sisters (and a brother in law), a twin brother, and a younger brother. I love them all to death...seriously. I am a swimmer! And not to brag or try to impress you or anything....but I can swim without floaties on. Just sayin. I've been swimming for 12 years now. I also love to play bass guitar, whenever I can, and with whoever I can! Okay, enough of all that surface stuff.
So the purpose of this blog is simply to talk about what God has been working on in my life. I pray and hope that you might empathize with me and perhaps even help me! I love God so much, and I just wanna share His love with anyone that wants it.
Lately (for about that last month or so), I've been getting into a daily grind. Wake up, go to swim practice, eat, go to classes, eat, go to classes again, swim practice again, eat, and do homework or perhaps hang out with some friends if I don't have too much homework for the day. I try to squeeze in 20-30 minutes of God-time everyday(although I'm shamed to say that that doesn't always happen). Then I go to bed and repeat it all over again the next day. I find it kinda a sad routine, and I feel like God has been screaming at me for some time now to break out of this box.
You see, in making my life a routine, I don't live my life to the fullest. This is a drastic thing, as I want to live my life to the fullest; full of rejoicing and contentment and LIFE. By getting into this cycle I lose my focus on remembering God and what he has done for me. I begin to almost become automated. As it says in Philippians 4:4, "Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice!" In this cycle, I forget to rejoice always; I do it for part of the time, but not even close to the majority of time.
So that's the problem; getting into a daily cycle, maybe giving God part of the time. But that isn't what God wants from me. He wants all of me. And even though I'm "only human," and nobody's perfect, "forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." That's the solution. All I need to do is press forward and to realize that no matter what my situation was, my situation now is me, Spirit in heart, pushing forward to know God more and let him be known.
When I meet Jesus face to face, I want to be able to honestly say that "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." I hope you are with me.
Please pray for me, and if you need prayer, just comment below or get ahold of me some other way, I'd love to pray for you.
Thanks for reading and God bless,
Andrew C. Nelson
No comments:
Post a Comment