Nehemiah 9:21
For forty years you sustained them in the desert; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.
I'm a very boring person.
For forty years you sustained them in the desert; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.
I'm a very boring person.
I'm hardly adventurous, and often see no need to find new things to do or experience in life. In fact, if you see my pictures since teenage till today, I probably still sport same form of hairdo, dress sense and still would look about the same size.
I may have, in my teenage days, toyed with the idea of having an earring, but I've never desired to colour my hair (I do think I've a really enviable shade of brown tinted hair), never desired a tattoo or even bought fashionable clothes that don't seem to shout 'me'. That's why when I bump into people of the past, they often still recognise me because I don't seem to have changed much.
I must say that I've an anti-establishment rebellion streak in me and I'm sure all of us do in some measure of ways, due to our fallen nature. Since young, when everyone was running after the latest fad, I'll spite it. Even in clothing, when foreign brands arrive and everyone goes wild, I'll drop the interest in them like a hot stone. Why bother to follow en-mass? Yet, if myself and millions are trying to look unique, the end result is we all look kinda the same isn't it?
I must say that I've an anti-establishment rebellion streak in me and I'm sure all of us do in some measure of ways, due to our fallen nature. Since young, when everyone was running after the latest fad, I'll spite it. Even in clothing, when foreign brands arrive and everyone goes wild, I'll drop the interest in them like a hot stone. Why bother to follow en-mass? Yet, if myself and millions are trying to look unique, the end result is we all look kinda the same isn't it?
Look at gangs and folks who rebel by trying to look different; in the end, they still look like a bunch of idiots because everyone is attired in similar looks and the only people they are different from is the ordinary folks who are already making efforts to be different from the other man on the street. Frankly, originality and being unique is really over-rated. Therefore, I rather just be normal, reject any trends and mute all attempts to try new experiences that don't matter. I prefer to maintain myself to be the person I was when young, because I feel that being steadfast is under-rated. As a bonus, at least people who know me will always know I'm original and never attempted to go outside of who God made me and how I've locked in myself after my teenage quest of self-identity.
Yet, the majority of you don't think like me. I see so much experimentation and attempts to try out new things that could give your self-confidence a boost, or make life more interesting. Call it anything you want and justify all you want, but let's face it, everyone is just doing something to enhance their life and outlook.
I shudder violently when I see individuals elect to colour their hair, wear something different, cut new hairdo's or participate actively in different interest/lifestyles that aren't very typical of them as they grow up. Is there a real need to find new pleasures of life? It's not about finding the new 'me', there is nothing wrong with the current 'me', nothing boring about being you and remaining static when God loves you the way you are. It's no heinous crime, but it does nothing for you either, apart from a temporary ego boost. Actually, it speaks to me of the lack of self identity and the cry out for something steadfast deep in you. Very much the same as the mid-life crisis faced by aging adults who suddenly change their dressing sense and lifestyle hoping to regain something they felt lost.
Imagine 40 years of living life where you wear the same stuff, live life the way in a routine that God dictates. Nothing experimental that would cause you to walk out of the right or left of your foot. No attempt to live out your youthful days to the max, experience new stuff/activities simply because you don't need to when God leads.
When God leads, the people lack nothing. From the physical, mental, all the way to the emotional and deep rooted identity, nothing is lacking. Importantly, when you are satisfied and have inner peace, you understand with wisdom what to do with the time and resources God had given you.
Call me plain, boring, static and anything negative. I don't need to maximise my life's experiences here on earth, because I wasn't born to do that. This is just a short passage of journey because I'm a stranger on earth who is heaven-bound.
Call me plain, boring, static and anything negative. I don't need to maximise my life's experiences here on earth, because I wasn't born to do that. This is just a short passage of journey because I'm a stranger on earth who is heaven-bound.
M.
