On Mon, 05-9-05 10:48 am
No, I didn’t misspell either word.
It seems to me that everyone’s life – whether a Christian or not – can be categorized under one of two headings: Hisstory or mystory.
I am either living the life that God desires and am being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ – which is His-story – or I am living for myself and conforming to the world – which is my-story.
So which will it be, Hisstory or mystory? It is a choice I make every minute of every day of my life.
2 Cor 1:13
Hi Mike,
I appreciate the sincerity of your posts and your testimony. I once strived to live the way you mention in this post:
“I am either living the life that God desires and am being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ – which is His-story – or I am living for myself and conforming to the world – which is my-story.
So which will it be, Hisstory or mystory? It is a choice I make every minute of every day of my life.”
I can appreciate your desire to live like this, however, it almost drove me crazy. How do you do this every minute of everyday? I found that when I did this, I questioned everything I did through out the day. Did I loose my desire “to be confirmed to the image of Jesus Christ when I dwelled on a inappropriate thought for too long, watched TV, listened to the radio; read a magazine or book that was not about deepening my relationship with Christ? Did I become more spiritual by not watching certain TV shows, not listen to any secular music? How does one do this without becoming a legalistic, judgmental, hell fire and brimstone type?
Are you conforming to the world when you listen to Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendricks, and Led Zeppelin as you state in your blogger profile? (This is a serious question and I am not trying to be judgmental at all on your music tastes.)
=”http://myblogginess.blogspot.com/2005/02/god-and-me_110758142630842742.html”>This is my struggle. Such that for a great while I have given up on trying to indulge myself in some self absorbed, constant scrutiny of my walk with Christ. The problem with that is after a few years of that, a spiritual wasteland fog sets in.
I have settled for something a little simpler. I am a loving, faithful husband to my wife, a loving and caring father to my four children; that has been saved by my belief that Jesus shed His blood on a cross to save me from my sins..past..present and future. I love the new church we are attending that is helping to restore my faith and be used of God in ministries there.
Trying to conform to Jesus every single minute of every day and not conform to anything in this world is just something I can’t grasp right now.
{{{Candleman}}}