Idealism
Sometimes, when I think too much about ideology, I forget about people. But that's so counterproductive, because it's the people that are important to the creation of ideology. I get these ideas in my head, such idealistic notions, only to turn around and realize that there are in fact 7.3 billion people in the world, and this number grows every moment, and these people are going about their days (much like I should be right now, except that I had too many thoughts), going about their lives - and that really, we are all just trying to make it.
I was sitting in church the other day, and my pastor was discussing how part of being a Christian is to be a disciple of Christ, and how to be a disciple means to be an evangelist. While he was saying this, and I was sitting in church and listening and trying to be a good person, and I was surrounded by others who were all listening to the same thing, it sounded like a perfectly reasonable idea. But then; the service ends, the show is taken down, the pastor disappears from my life for another week, and the congregation is left mostly to itself. Some of the congregation may have been mildly inspired to be evangelical this week, in which case they may awkwardly invite someone to church the next week, or to say some things they wouldn't usually say. But most of us (and I, sinner, am totally included in this) will go about our week just trying to make it through to the next Sunday. We have class; we have homework; sports practice; some of us like to sleep, and eat; and ROTC is the most major timesuck. There are my excuses, they lay before you.
But here I am, finding the time to type (in reality, though, I don't - I should be doing chemistry hw) - Shouldn't I be proclaiming the good news to the world instead? Maybe.
... watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YPor-vm68.
I'm just trying to make it.
I was sitting in church the other day, and my pastor was discussing how part of being a Christian is to be a disciple of Christ, and how to be a disciple means to be an evangelist. While he was saying this, and I was sitting in church and listening and trying to be a good person, and I was surrounded by others who were all listening to the same thing, it sounded like a perfectly reasonable idea. But then; the service ends, the show is taken down, the pastor disappears from my life for another week, and the congregation is left mostly to itself. Some of the congregation may have been mildly inspired to be evangelical this week, in which case they may awkwardly invite someone to church the next week, or to say some things they wouldn't usually say. But most of us (and I, sinner, am totally included in this) will go about our week just trying to make it through to the next Sunday. We have class; we have homework; sports practice; some of us like to sleep, and eat; and ROTC is the most major timesuck. There are my excuses, they lay before you.
But here I am, finding the time to type (in reality, though, I don't - I should be doing chemistry hw) - Shouldn't I be proclaiming the good news to the world instead? Maybe.
... watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YPor-vm68.
I'm just trying to make it.
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