Declared mah major

So the title says, I did declare my major today. Sociology. I'm really excited in all honesty, I kind of have an idea of what I want to do with it, but I'm leaving my options open. Right now its sticking with Sociology and doing either a Community Development or Urban Planning masters. Yet I could also see myself maybe even teaching it in a high school where they offer it. I don't know how good of a teacher I would be.. but it's something I've given a little thought to. Either way, I'm excited to see where the Lord will take me with this. Whatever job I end up with, I just want to be a part of putting God's plan to work, and bringing His glory to wherever I end up.

God is good. So good.

Living

I'm not the most intellectual person in the world, but I thought I should at least attempt to share what I believe "living" is, and why I struggle with not being able to live the way I want to.

When I see Christianity today, I see a struggling body with many self-righteous followers. I have no doubt that the people around me who love Christ do so indeed, but I see many of those people not living as fully as they could for Him, myself included. It's my desire to see people who love Jesus do more than just go to church on Sunday and get their dose of Him for the week. I want to see people truly put to work what Jesus has taught us. Yet, this is a struggle for many of us.

I struggle with dying to myself. I know a lot of people do, and most people on Earth when asked wouldn't think of themselves as selfish. I do. I think that as humans, many if not all of us are selfish in different ways. I'm selfish with my money, and buying things for myself. I'm getting better about it, and am trying only to buy something when I need to. I get scared sometimes when I think of the future, not knowing what it holds. That's why I have faith, and faith is the reason I should be living completely for God. 

I'm tired of hearing people say how much they love God, and the next day they go out and buy themselves a brand new Corvette. I know that's probably exaggerating, but I hope you get the picture. Imagine how it would be if we only bought what we needed. Sure, we could buy some things for entertainment, because as followers of God, we need to be happy on Earth so that we may do even more good for Him, but we shouldn't over do it. The money we spend on luxuries could go to so many better places. As consumers in American society, we are socialized into thinking that spending money on ourselves is a good thing. On top of this, we are also socialized to believe in the pursuit of the American dream. Even my mother, a State Senator, would fully support me if I said to her, "Mom, I'm going to pursue the American dream." This shows that our generation of believers can be so much more than generations before us; and actually do the work of Christ instead of pursuing this so called American dream. The American dream is not the answer for how to live our lives. Following Jesus, and putting to work His word. That is the answer.