So... I decided to log into blogger today, and maybe write a post, since I amazingly, have 10 followers! I haven't blogged since April 2009! That's kind of sad... Anyways, I'd like to try this again. I can't promise that I will blog that often, (or even that I'll blog again), but I'd like to try. The thing is, I have this problem... it's called procrastination. It's had a huge effect on my life, and I'm really really trying to break this terrible habit, but it's sooo hard. And I guess I kind of didn't see my blog as a priority. : ) But blogs can be kind of fun, and I see it as a way of recording things which I learn so I can look back on them, kind of like a diary, but not quite so personal.
So, here's 2 things which I've been thinking about recently:
- I'm in a part of my life where I need to decide what I'm going to do next. I'm almost graduated, (homeschooling can take longer for the unmotivated ones... like me) and the tentative plan I had was to go into airplane mechanics. That kind of got a "no" from God. (At least as far as I could see.) So... I've been learning to trust God. I still find it so difficult... because it's so incredibly scary! I want to have my life mapped out for the next 5 years. I want to know exactly where each step I take will be going. But at this point, I don't know. What I do know, is that God has a plan for me which will be so much more exciting than anything I could ever dream of, and if I am doing His will, His blessings will follow. So, I'm learning to trust Him.
- I am being constantly convicted of things which I don't want to be convicted of! Isn't that the way it always is though? : ) I somehow stumbled across a website called Feelin' Feminine (http://feelinfeminine.com/), and the girl (Jocelyn) who started it has a blog called A Pondering Heart (http://aponderingheart.com/blog/). Anyways, I don't agree with everything she says (yet), but I came across one article in which she talks about Lord of the Rings, and Narnia. She linked to another article which scared me, and really convicted me that the little nagging thought that Narnia is wrong... might just have been the Holy Spirit. I've never read any Lord of the Rings stuff or watched the movies (except for a bit of the second one) because my parents don't agree with it, but I have a friend who was practically obsessed with it. So anyways, here's the article and 2 articles regarding this from A Pondering Heart to get you thinking and praying...
(Before you open these links, I just want to say that they might be kind of scary, just to warn you, so you might want to read them with your parents, depending on your age. And also, I realize that everyone is convicted of God of different things at different times of their life, so I'm not trying to force my own convictions on anyone... )
...I might have to do a bit of praying about my Narnia books!
God bless!
~Hannah
PS. This was written sometime around August 2010... not July 2009... not sure how that got confused, or how to fix it...
