Changing Focus

     I feel like I have rarely hit the mark with this blog. I began this blog because when I was writing on the other, co-written one, The Merry Adventures of Three Bewhiskered Desperadoes, I felt like I already had too much to say without adding a whole new genre to the mix.
     Let me tell you this: It is tough writing about deep things from the heart, all the while trying not to sound confusing. I usually end up confusing myself! It’s easy to understand, but hard to explain, and for that I apologize. Please, criticize me! Without that, I’ll never get better.
     The focus of this has been on anything related to God. And that’s great! But I want to focus more on what I can do. What we all can do as Christians.
     You know that we’re at war, right? It’s a spiritual war, and it’s all around us. I’m becoming more aware of this every day. Because of this, I’m trying to strengthen myself in God. I’ve created this list, and there’s a point system… The gist of it is that I’m spending a lot more time reading the Bible, Christian concepts, and self-help books. The latter sounds funny coming from a seventeen-year-old, doesn’t it? Actually, this leads me to my final… thing (there I go again, lacking language). I’m reading a book called, Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris. I’ve read it twice before. Clearly, I would recommend it. It’s about actually making a difference by doing what seems difficult. Oh, and did I mention that it’s written by teens for teens, and that it’s Christian? Achieving big things for God… It’s a good read. It has been a goal of mine ever since I read the first chapter two or three years ago. As time progressed, it has gotten pretty clear as to what God wants from me. Maybe not in a very practical way, as in, “I want you to be a missionary in Brazil,” or anything like that. Nope. So, maybe the book won’t help me in that sense, but it’s helping me find a way to get through what God is telling me, as is all of what I’m doing.
     I am a Rebelutionary. The Rebelution is the teenage rebellion against low expectations. It’s what I’m going to try to change the focus of the blog to. And really, why do we adhere to this world’s definition of us? Why don’t we get up and do something? Make a change? It all starts with ourselves.
     "Enemy occupied territory- that is what this world is." -C.S. Lewis