Reflections In the Mirror.. :)

I seem to be writing in the same general way lately. Maybe it's because I'm in a stupid 1010 english class so I now think of only one way to write, and that is to develope a purpose for my audience. I guess the only thing that is my problem is that while I write this blog, I am not sure who my audience is. Who is my audience? Is it a bunch of grown women with children? or is it a bunch of 18 year olds trying to figure out both? technically because I have to invite people to see my blog I guess the answer is both. So i guess that all of you get something out of what I have to say. Whether it is a good laugh, or an actual insight.

Today I had an insight. A big one. I guess i'd kinda been thinking about it for a couple of days. But have you ever thought about the moment when you last look in the mirror, to make sure that you are ready (No wise cracks, I know there is a Moment in Disturbia that states this very same thing, and yes, I did think about it. ;]) It's like you just look at yourself, to make sure that you are presentable, that you've done a good enough job of making yourself good. Well. Today i had a big connection.

You can put on a cute brand new outfit that you just bought. Do you make-up seeminly perfect. Put in perfectly matchin earings. Take the time at 6:30 in the morning to straighten your haird. And even put on a nice warm coat for the forelorned cold day that was ahead. You can walk out the door and be fully prepared what is in store for you. But really, you are never really prepared. You walk outside and mock the 'cold' weather. Because at that moment it wasn't as cold as you anticipated. You feel at the top of the world, and then you pass the education building and there it is, the bitter cold wind that you have to fight against if you want to succeed in going to your class! Your face will numb, and your knees will start to buckle. And yet, you still keep going. There would be many reasons fighting against you, that you had tried so hard to be good. And yet all of these things are blown at you that are trying to bring you down. Make al your effort a waste. But yet, for me, i still kept going, even when the going got tough.
I heard a good quote in institute on Thursday.
" No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is that good people do not know what temptation is. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German Army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of the wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives into temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a shelter life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means- The only complete realist." -C.S. Lewis

I think that it is important to remember. That even though life is hard, we can do hard things. We can overcome temptation. And even if we do fall, we can get back up. That even if we do sin, there are people in the backround always cheering us on! That Christ will always say that we are His! We need to remember to not lose hope. There is always a way back!

Why I had this thought, I am not sure. But I hope that maybe, maybe it'll help someone out there. So the next time you look in the mirror, You see that you are ready. Ready to fight.