I Have a Future!!!

There is a certain TV commercial out and the man in the commercial says something to the effect of "There is no past. There is no present. There is just right now- this moment." I know the writer's are trying to convince you that you must live in the moment and that their product will make your moment better, but I have so many problems with that commercial that I'm gonna blog about it. So There!!

Let's break it down.

First statement: There is no past. Duh there's a past! How else would we be where we are today, stupid? I would probably rephrase it "Don't live in the past. You can't change it. Don't miss out on your present because of your past." But c'mon man! Are you an ancient civilization that had no concept of keeping track of the history of mankind? Side story-- my mom and I have a joke that goes "Really?! Are you 12?!" I feel like substituting it like this "Really?! Are you some sort of ancient civilization that has no concept of time?!" Not funny? Ok. I'm lame. Anyway....

So second statement: There is no future. In  a sense yes, there is no tangible, scientific way to prove future, and Christ may come back any day now and there might not be any future beyond today, but because we have a past we can assume we have at least a little bit of future, right? I mean, yesterday today was considered tomorrow.  Say today it's Friday. Thursday Friday was considered the future and Wednesday Thursday was considered the future, but today is Friday so now Friday is the present and Thursday is the past. Is it safe to assume that we have at least a little future? Ok. Good. Another point I want to make isn't related to time at all. If we don't have a future, then what are we doing? Why do we go to school? Why do we work? Why are we here at all? If there is no future, then none of it has any purpose at all and that means we have no purpose. If we have no purpose, if we are nothing and that means Christ died for nothing and that's just simply not true.  My favorite verse, Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the thoughts that I think towards you," says the LORD, "thoughts of good and not of evil. Plans to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE." (emphasis added) We DO have a future and we do have a hope!! Isn't that exciting?

I think so. You know what, Travel Channel, I like that you take me to new places and that I get to see funny guys eat funny things, but you are wrong! There is a past. There is a future. So There!!

Love.

Love is constantly being compared to a game. Two people play, neither knows the other's strategy, and one person always lasts longer than the other and wins. Sometimes you win because the other person is a loser. Sometimes you win because the other person gives in. In the best scenarios, you win because you're both too stubborn to give in and the other person dies. In my situation, I'm ready for a real game. No more practice rounds.

That's a lie. I'm not ready to be in love, but I wish I was. I've been single for almost 4 months, but I still can't seem  to let myself get over my last boyfriend. I can't do it. No, I WON'T do it. A part of me deep, deep inside-in the place that only God and I go-I still love that man. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Love isn't logical. You can't apply logic to it because love has no sense. The really stupid part is that we dated for 3 months and now we've been apart longer than we were together.

I want to fall in love for real because then that will prove to myself that I'm not some loser that is going to spend the rest of her life eating Ben & Jerry's every night while watching The Notebook or Titanic. I know what you're thinking- I'm pathetic. I'm 19 years old and I've already given up. What a loser. WRONG!

I refuse to give up. I have someone. He's very smart, loving, kind, gentle, and is always there for me no matter what. He's exactly what I need. Sometimes when I'm being really stupid or irrational or just plain mean,  he tells me so. He says " Abby! Are you seriously being serious right now?" I respond "Umm, yeah! Why shouldn't I be? This is ridiculous!" "No, you're being ridiculous. A year from now this won't even matter! I love you. Let me take this for you." Yeah. He teaches me the hard lessons, but that's part of what I love about him. That and he would do anything-literally, ANYTHING- for my ultimate good. <3

Oh so you want to know his name now? You wanna Facebook stalk him? You wanna interrogate him about his past, present, and future? His name is Christ. You can't Facebook stalk him, but you can Bible-book stalk him, there you'll find out everything you need to know about him. I did. Wanna know something else? He doesn't just love me. He loves you, too! He will be loving, kind, and gentle with you, but he'll teach you the hard lessons. He loves you and wants to be with you forever. Give up the search. The Lover of Your Soul is waiting with open arms.

No Christ, No Love. Know Christ, Know Love

If you're already taken, you know that the other person isn't perfect, that they let you down, you get angry with each other, you might even have doubts about how much love is really there. Give your love to Jesus. He won't let you down. EVER! If you're single, give your heart to Christ. He loves you and wants what's best for you, so he'll lead you to that "Special Someone" in his perfect timing. Just hang in there.

It Really Bugs Me When...

...I get left out. To quote Bill Nye in a situation that doesn't even require a quote, "Consider the following"

Situation A
I got some free tickets to a baseball game one Friday. They're good for the games on the following Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I knew I worked Wednesday, so my only 2 options were Tuesday and Thursday.  I texted some friends "Hey there! Wanna go to a baseball game on Tuesday?" I got mixed responses:"Sure! I'd love to!" "Maybe, depending on how much homework I have." "No. I can't. I have class." In my mind, I said "OK. So that'll be 3 maybe 4 of us. That's a good group. Tuesday came around and I sent another round of texts to those who I got at least a "maybe" from: "Hey there! Baseball game tonight, right?" NONE, not even one, of them could go. That made me a little upset, but a couple of them apologised for thier oversight and agreed to go with me on Thursday. Thursday came around and they forgot again!!! So now I have about 10 free tickets sitting on my dresser that are worthless. They were never used and they will never be used. GAH!!!

Situation B
I have a friend that I've known for a few years. He and I have had our ups and downs, but for the  most part we've stayed good friends through it all. We were friends in High school and we ended up at the same college last year, but now I'm somewhere else and we don't get to see each other as much. Anyway, he had to get somethings out of storage for his new apartment and  decided that he would just make a weekend out of it and spend sometime with me while he was here. The plan was to spend all day Saturday and some of the evening on Sunday together. I texted him Saturday morning, "Hey! What's up? What's the plan?" and he said, "Idk. I'm having a deep conversation with my brother right now." Well, that deep conversation turned into the two of them hanging out. I'm not against brother time, but it cut into friend time and my feelings got hurt. GAH!!!


What's a girl to do? Do I tell these people "Hey! It really hurts my feelings when you don't follow through with our plans!"? That would make me sound like I'm needy and that I need everyone to do what I ask and that I'm not flexible around other plans, and I don't want that. Do I continue to let my friends take advantage of me and let them walk all over me like that? I don't know what to do!