Thursday, November 11, 2010
spirituality vs. materials
In class we had a discussion about what we prefer: material things or our spirituality. I chose my spirituality. I am actually a very materialistic person, I enjoy having designer bags, name brand clothes and shoes and nice "stuff" in general. When it comes down to it I always chose to side with my spiritual side. I don't think it is important what you believe in or who you believe in as long as you live by the morals (or try to) and abide by your beliefs. For a long time I was angry with God, and confused with religion because I was raised Seventh Day Adventist but in my adolescence my parents went back to the Catholic church and that was a drastic change. The reality was that when I was put in a hard situation or found no escape to my problems i would always run to God...I would pray to him. I know there are people that pass by through this world not beleiveing in a God but I can not even begin to imagine that because I think back and try to imagine what I would do if I could not talk to God. Of course we have our parents, siblings, friends, or someone that we trust to tell our secrets, for me its my parents, but there is things that I feel like I should tell God, apologize to him or pray to him for him to give me the strength to overcome obstacles because although my parents are wise and give me uncoditonal love but I know that God knows me thourougly inside and out and knows my thoughts so there is no need to explain.
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Everyone on earth likes to have nice things, but in the end does all that stuff really matter?? Without God, is there hope for what happens next? There are two sides to every story and when it comes to this certain topic there is definately two sides. Some people completely live for material possessions and so they simply hoard up all the stuff they can grasp while they are on earth. Other people seek God and try to live for him. That doesn't mean they don't want nice things and work hard to gain items, it just simply means that they don't put all their effort and attention towards those items they just simply find pleasure in being able to own them. Honestly I feel God is the only way and without him there is no hope. I definately like to have nice things and wear nice clothes but I'm not going to let material items control me. I'm just going to be thankful for the things I do receive and always remember that without God I would not be the person I am today! :)
ReplyDeleteThis blog post was very insightful Liz.
ReplyDeleteI know that we grew up together in the SDA church, and I really do miss your family. But I think that though you now attend a different church you were able to really understand the important message that can be taken from any church you go to: God is the most important thing in our lives, and whenever we find ourselves in a difficult situation we should know that we can turn to him. I was so happy to read that you have maintained a close relationship with God despite the period of time that you were angry with him. Sometimes God does mysterious things in our lives, things we have trouble understanding. However, in the end he will always be there for us, no matter where we are or what situation we're in.