I love the irony of Christianity. To be first become last, to be greater make yourself smaller, the only way to live is to die, to be free become a slave. Philosophers since the beginning of time have tried to figure out how to obtain and maintain happiness but no one has been able to find a satisfactory answer outside of the Bible. The only way to obtain happiness is to stop pursuing it and start pursuing God. For therein lies the source of all happiness.
I have found this applies to relationships too. My past relationships were not truly Christ centered. I'm not gonna say it was pure selfishness; we did, after all, care for each other's well being. Sure we were Christians, but when i really look back on it, we were serving ourselves.
I've realized that is what makes mine and Katie's relationship different. We aren't focused on each other, worrying about whether we're going to match up to each other's expectations. Rather we're focused on living up to God's expectations and helping each other out in the process. I wasn't seeking this joy from our relationship, but somehow it found me.
Yesterday Katie came over and we went for a little walk. She had never jumped in a pile of leaves so i just "happened" to find a big pile in the median on the Historic District road. It was a good night.
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