Taking up space
Just another forgettable face.
RR
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
what motivates you?
This seems to be a pretty common question in job interviews. Understandably employers want people who are driven to work hard, but before you're able to show them your work ethic, you have to convince them to give you a shot by telling them how you motivate yourself.
I feel like a pretty good worker. I'm always striving to do better at whatever it is I do. But when I was first asked the question, "what motivates you?" it was actually tough for me to answer...I didn't really know! I've been thinking about that question a lot lately for some reason. What keeps me going?
I think one reason is that I was raised with the mentality that if you want something you have to work for it. "You don't get nothin' that you don't earn." I don't want anything handed to me in life. I want to earn it.There's nothing like the feeling of seeing the fruits of your labor and watching all your effort pay off!
However, there is one thing I will never be able to earn, no matter how hard I try. And that thing is my salvation. There is simply nothing I can do to repay God for what He did for me. The fact is, I am not enough. I will never be enough. I have fallen short of the glory of God and I'm not worthy to be His.
I could try all my life but it's impossible for me to measure up. I've made too big of a mess of things to be able to clean it up by myself. And if there was something I could do to "make up" for my sin, the sacrifice Jesus made wouldn't have even been necessary in the first place.
But by His death and resurrection, I am made new; made worthy. He paid my debt, and now, being debt free and free of the guilt of sin, I have incredible value. (pretty awesome) What it comes down to is that lovely old song that says:
"Jesus paid it all.
All to Him I owe."
So what motivates me each and every day to do my best is the knowledge of what Christ did for me. He died so that I can live. He gave up his life for me, so the least I can do is live for Him!
I feel like a pretty good worker. I'm always striving to do better at whatever it is I do. But when I was first asked the question, "what motivates you?" it was actually tough for me to answer...I didn't really know! I've been thinking about that question a lot lately for some reason. What keeps me going?
I think one reason is that I was raised with the mentality that if you want something you have to work for it. "You don't get nothin' that you don't earn." I don't want anything handed to me in life. I want to earn it.There's nothing like the feeling of seeing the fruits of your labor and watching all your effort pay off!
However, there is one thing I will never be able to earn, no matter how hard I try. And that thing is my salvation. There is simply nothing I can do to repay God for what He did for me. The fact is, I am not enough. I will never be enough. I have fallen short of the glory of God and I'm not worthy to be His.
I could try all my life but it's impossible for me to measure up. I've made too big of a mess of things to be able to clean it up by myself. And if there was something I could do to "make up" for my sin, the sacrifice Jesus made wouldn't have even been necessary in the first place.
But by His death and resurrection, I am made new; made worthy. He paid my debt, and now, being debt free and free of the guilt of sin, I have incredible value. (pretty awesome) What it comes down to is that lovely old song that says:
"Jesus paid it all.
All to Him I owe."
So what motivates me each and every day to do my best is the knowledge of what Christ did for me. He died so that I can live. He gave up his life for me, so the least I can do is live for Him!
Monday, March 16, 2015
★ ☽ ★
He had a lovely smile
But it never reached his eyes
Because in his soul there was a sadness
Impossible to hide
He was an imploding star
So beautiful and bright
Destroyed by the thoughts
That kept him up at night.
But it never reached his eyes
Because in his soul there was a sadness
Impossible to hide
He was an imploding star
So beautiful and bright
Destroyed by the thoughts
That kept him up at night.
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