Selthar's Keep

Sacrifice, Love, and Waiting

In case you can’t tell I’m super excited for Halo 4

I’ve learned so much recently and a lot of it I just keep getting reminded of over and over.  Which is definitely the best way to teach me something.  :)  One of those things I’ve boiled down to a short statement: Love is sacrifice.  It’s kind of hard to explain everything that phrase means to me.  It means that what other people want comes before what you want.  It means that you’d do anything for others; just like Christ would.  I don’t love like I should and God has been showing me that.  Some people are easier to love than others and I need to love those others just like those that I want to love.

Thing 2 that has been pounded into my head recently is how trusting God is such a better way to live.  What I mean by that is it just makes life simpler and is quite stress relieving (I must say.)  When you give up the illusion of your control over the situation (or your life), life suddenly becomes amazing.  I know I’ve written about this before, but I cannot be reminded of this enough.  He knows what’s best for us, no matter how much we want something or strive for something we think will make us happy, whatever it is that He has in store for us is better.  And I cannot stress the word “better” enough.  He knows what we want.  Tell Him about it, pray for it, talk to Him about it, but keep in mind that he may say “no” “maybe later” or “wait.”  And you have to be ok with that and trust in Him.  His timing is perfect.  I love that.

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord;
     He turned to me and heard my cry

Romans 8:27-28
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit interceds for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

Isaiah 49:8a
In the time of my favor I will answer you,
     and in the day of salvation I will help you.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

My Pet Peeve

I don’t really feel like talking about what’s going with me at the moment because I haven’t figured it out yet, so for this week: a short post. :)

My biggest pet peeve is stereotyping. More specifically stereotyping guys and girls. It tends to drive me nuts. I understand that, as humans, we tend to like to categorize things or put them in boxes. Some people take that too far though. Putting every guy into the same box will get you into trouble (and the same goes for girls.) I am specifically targeting those jokes about women being in the kitchen here, but all of this very much applies to other situations. I can’t currently come up with any examples that aren’t supremely cliché.

You cannot assume things about people, stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason, but they are easily broken. Don’t assume the cliché is correct about the person until it has been proven correct. And guys, stop with the “women in the kitchen” jokes. No matter how good of friends you are with the girl you’re telling it to it’s still offensive, demeaning, and disrespectful. I’ve never understood, I don’t get it…stop.

What I want to be when I grow up

Hmmm…so I’m not doing a good job of blogging regularly.  Enough of that talk though.

I thought I might expound a little bit on my major.  Basically answering the question I’m sure I’m going to be answering a lot in the near future: “What kind of job do you want once you’re out of college” (more or less.)  I’m majoring in Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue.  It’s essentially animation, though it’s both art and technology.    I want to get a job in the video game industry.  My top picks for a place to work as of right now would be 343, Insomniac, Valve, or Irrational.  I kind of feel like I’m forgetting something, but that’s what I’ve got for now.  :)

Aaahhh!!! (and maybe some “argh” too)

Ok…so I have gone 2 whole entire months without blogging once (this constituting most of the “argh” part of this blog post.)  

So a ton has happened over the past few months and I could talk about loads of things in this post (this means I have things lined up to blog about in the future, yay!), but I’m going to focus on what hit me over the head yesterday.  That is the fact there is roughly only 6 weeks left of high school…aaahhh!!!

This means so many things to me.  It reminds me of all the great times I’ve had in high school.  All of them with my amazing friends.  I’m never going to look back and think Remember that one time that was amazing?  And I was alone?.  It’s so hard to describe, but God has blessed me with incredible friends.  I’m really going to miss the amount of time that I get to spend with them right now.  I hope the end of high school to not be goodbye.  I hope all of my friendships continue as God would have them.

I am reminded of all the ways I’ve grown, emotionally, physically (definitely taller now), mentally, and most of all: spiritually.  I almost want to try and list all, if not just the most important, things that I’ve learned.  But that’d be impossible, no matter how much I want to try.  God has taught me so much and I’m enjoying how He teaches me more all of the time.  I pray that I keep this mindset; and that I’ll always want to live for Him.

Mostly I just keep coming back to how much I’m going to miss it all: the places, the events I’ve been to, my church, my school, my house, but definitely most of all I’m going to miss the people.  I wish I could tell every one of the people who have been a part of my life “thank you” and tell them how they’ve taught me things I couldn’t have learned without them, how much I’m going to miss them, and how much I hope our relationships will continue.  Yes, I’ll be back, I’ll visit, and I may even live in the area once I’m out of college, but it’ll never be the same.  And I mourn the loss.

But onward and forward to the things God has planned for me.  I trust that He knows what’s best for me and plans to bless me even more than I am now in the future.  The Almighty God is on my side.  =]

Awesome in Power
Our God, Our God

And if our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us?
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against?

-“Our God” (Chris Tomlin)

A New Semester

I have once again gone 2 weeks without blogging (my goal is to blog once a week and post on Thursdays.)  *sigh* I would give you excuses, but it wouldn’t matter.  :)  So, here’s the update:  school isn’t exactly my favorite thing at the moment, but God has been teaching me about how built up preconception, walls, and rules aren’t always correct.  For school I’ve been putting too much pressure on myself to get it done and to get it done perfectly.  I’m still working on it, but with God’s peace, wisdom, and strength I can do anything (which has been my prayer recently.)