We Can't Do It Alone...Part 2! Different Twist time.

So last time, I sat and talked about how we need each other and how we need to be more transparent with one another and quoted the still slightly obsessed song by Casting Crowns... i'm obsessed with it, it's not obsessed with anything. Anyway i'm retarded. ok so, the Lord challenged me on that post in a different way the other day. We can't live the way God has created us to live (seeking after Him with our whole heart) in our own flesh. Sure we can fake it for awhile but we will become completely burned out. There's just no way around it. Only by Christ, for Christ, and through Christ is this life really worth living. Our hearts are dangerous if we are not in complete surrender to Christ. If we are not fulfilled in Christ, we WILL search elsewhere and this should bring us to our knees. Note the use of "should". That leads into fearing the Lord. Do we realize our own depravity and how desperately we are in need of Christ? Or do we hope we can "make it" on our own? If we really feared the Lord, our lives would look so much different. We would stop trying to walk the line and really try and be like Jesus in every way possible, not just in the way that other people will see. This completely is an application to myself as well...i've always got stuff to work on b/c i am far from perfect.
On a lighter note, after HOPE group tonite we played 42 which was so fun! And slight randomness, I have challenged Jessie Harris to shave for a solid month until Thanksgiving and any sign of prickliness means he loses. What that means I haven't decided yet...I'm eating peanut M&Ms to support the Mills since Mikey's dad is a peanut farmer. That's my ploy whenever we go on family roadtrips and I want peanut M&Ms, "Mom we've got to support Mikey!". Oh the simple pleasures in life. They were meant to be enjoyed. Current simple enjoyments i can think of right now: my guitar, peanut m&ms, snickers, my China hat, journaling, class with friends, pictures, pizza, my awesome friends (like really, they win.), my super cool family, analyzing Lord of the Rings (so nerdy i know), canoeing, movie watching, playing sports with friends so they're not super serious, sitting, jamming with my windows rolled down, dressing up crazy, dressing up in general for really nice occasions (none of this inbetween stuff, go hard or go home.), leaving ridiculously long phone messages so by the time i finish i'm almost embarrassed that i left such a long message, chewing orbit while i run. That's all for now but there's more i'm sure. It doesn't take a whole lot to amuse me. Have a fantastic day...i'll post again sometime.