This one is going to be different from most of the following blogs just because it's my blog and I can make it so. :) Isn't that great? My quest in this blog is what type of pie is better than the all the rest? Is there such a thing as the BEST pie ever? How many types of pie are there? Am I going to compare all of them? Certainly not, I don't have the time, nor you the patience for that. Let's just choose a few out of many.
A while back my family was having a reunion. Several of the girl cousins and our grandmother made pies. The kitchen was a mess, but it smelled wonderful! We all crowded around the counters, and rolled out our pie crusts, preparing them to bake. As we measured out just the right ingredients we talked about what kinds of pies we were going to make. My grandma and my cousin Amber decided to make cherry pies. Two other cousins wanted blueberry. Yet another wanted pecan. As for myself, I chose apple. As we began to prepare our pies. We began to discuss the merits of each pie.
Was one really better than the other? No, it was simply an issue of taste. Different pies taste better to different people. We pondered this for a minute or two and then someone asked what defined taste. What is it that makes Amber prefer cherry over apple, and myself like apple over cherry? If taste is merely a personal preference, is it possible to aquire a taste for anything we decide to like? Is taste dependant on the mind? Can we convince ourselves that an onion, an apple and a potato taste exactly the same? (They do by the way! Plug your nose and close your eyes and you won't be able to tell the difference.) What makes a cherry and an apple taste different. One cousin offered the theory that everything tastes exactly the same. We all simply decide that it tastes one way and so it does. Who is to say for sure?
After we pulled our completed pies from the oven, we each tried a bite of every pie. No matter how hard we tried to convince ourselves that they all tasted the same, it didn't work. An apple is simply an apple, no matter how many times you call it a cherry or pecan. Maybe taste is relative, but pies are a different story!
9.25.2008
Decisions
The average person will make thousands of decisions every single day. As college students, the little decisions we make daily could effect the rest of our lives! Even the smallest decision could drastically change the rest of our lives. What kinds of decisions do we make? Let's take a look.
It's six a.m. and your alarm begins to go off, yet another day has begun. You now have three options. You can either hit the snooze; turn the alarm off; or just let it continue going until your roommate strangles you with their dirty socks. Weighing the options, you decide to turn the thing off, because the snooze is just SO annoying, and the thought of your roommates dirty socks makes you want to fast for a month.
Now you face another decision, will you get up, or will you go back to sleep? Since you are a good student, we will assume you get up. Then the decisions really begin. Which side of the bed will you get up on? Which foot will you put down first? Will you turn on the light and risk your roommate's wrath, or will you get ready in the dark? Will you take a shower or will you stink all day? As a friend, I strongly advise taking the shower; you will have many more friends if you do! What shirt will you wear? What skirt or pants will you wear? Will you iron them, or wear them in their wrinkled state? What shoes will you wear? Will you wear a belt, or not? How will you do your hair? Will you brush your teeth or scare little children with the green fumes? Once again for the sake of your social life, I recommend brushing! Will you take your school books with or you leave them in the room? Will you make your bed, or risk the random room check and $5 fine? Will you lock your door, or leave yourself and your roommate open to being pranked? Will you take the stairs or the elevator? All these decisions and it isn't even breakfast time yet.
Throughout the course of the day thousands of other decisions will come your way. You will decide whether to eat, or fast. Will you go to class, or skip? Will you go to work, or just not show up? Will you do your homework, or hang out with friends? Will you be kind to the student no one likes, or will you follow the crowd? Will you spend your money on snacks, or save it for a rainy day? Will you study in the library or in your room? Will you pay attention to the lectures, or stare off into space thinking about the cute guy/girl next to you? Will you really read the assignments, or will you just skim them? Will you be in by curfew, or try to slip in quietly. Will you stay up late and study, or go to bed? Many of these decisions will be made, without you ever consciously thinking about them. Some may impact the rest of your life, others will not make much difference at all. But the single greatest decision you will make every single day of your life is: What part will God have in your daily routine? Will He have full control? Will He be the One you base all other decisions around? Will you take time to be with Him, or will you ignore Him?
Ask your self today: Where does God fit in, in my life?
It's six a.m. and your alarm begins to go off, yet another day has begun. You now have three options. You can either hit the snooze; turn the alarm off; or just let it continue going until your roommate strangles you with their dirty socks. Weighing the options, you decide to turn the thing off, because the snooze is just SO annoying, and the thought of your roommates dirty socks makes you want to fast for a month.
Now you face another decision, will you get up, or will you go back to sleep? Since you are a good student, we will assume you get up. Then the decisions really begin. Which side of the bed will you get up on? Which foot will you put down first? Will you turn on the light and risk your roommate's wrath, or will you get ready in the dark? Will you take a shower or will you stink all day? As a friend, I strongly advise taking the shower; you will have many more friends if you do! What shirt will you wear? What skirt or pants will you wear? Will you iron them, or wear them in their wrinkled state? What shoes will you wear? Will you wear a belt, or not? How will you do your hair? Will you brush your teeth or scare little children with the green fumes? Once again for the sake of your social life, I recommend brushing! Will you take your school books with or you leave them in the room? Will you make your bed, or risk the random room check and $5 fine? Will you lock your door, or leave yourself and your roommate open to being pranked? Will you take the stairs or the elevator? All these decisions and it isn't even breakfast time yet.
Throughout the course of the day thousands of other decisions will come your way. You will decide whether to eat, or fast. Will you go to class, or skip? Will you go to work, or just not show up? Will you do your homework, or hang out with friends? Will you be kind to the student no one likes, or will you follow the crowd? Will you spend your money on snacks, or save it for a rainy day? Will you study in the library or in your room? Will you pay attention to the lectures, or stare off into space thinking about the cute guy/girl next to you? Will you really read the assignments, or will you just skim them? Will you be in by curfew, or try to slip in quietly. Will you stay up late and study, or go to bed? Many of these decisions will be made, without you ever consciously thinking about them. Some may impact the rest of your life, others will not make much difference at all. But the single greatest decision you will make every single day of your life is: What part will God have in your daily routine? Will He have full control? Will He be the One you base all other decisions around? Will you take time to be with Him, or will you ignore Him?
Ask your self today: Where does God fit in, in my life?
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