Just A Little Hocus Focus
The art of un-distracted living
Scripture says no weapon formed against me will prosper, at church the question was posed as to what weapons had been formed against me last year. Girls! all of them they have all been fearfully and wonderfully formed as weapons of the distractionary sort.
Ok I'm exaggerating a bit, but really the enemy has used the opposite sex as a consistent distraction, but I am proclaiming in faith it will not prosper, feel free to hold me to it.
The truth is that back home (in NY) it was easier because the default setting was that girls were under their fathers protection and there was little question of their or my intentions because of it. Here at lee that is not the case, the cultural norm is the typical dating model, which is fine, it just makes everything a big useless guessing game.
I hate having to second guess my every action with the opposite sex hoping that it is not misconstrued or that I don't wrongly interpret their interaction with me.
So while I have had qualms with the courtship model over the years at different points I have at least gained as of recent a new appreciation for the atmosphere and culture it creates. Do I think it's perfect? No. But in many ways it beats this emotional wast stream I have been kayaking in recently.
j.
Scripture says no weapon formed against me will prosper, at church the question was posed as to what weapons had been formed against me last year. Girls! all of them they have all been fearfully and wonderfully formed as weapons of the distractionary sort.
Ok I'm exaggerating a bit, but really the enemy has used the opposite sex as a consistent distraction, but I am proclaiming in faith it will not prosper, feel free to hold me to it.
The truth is that back home (in NY) it was easier because the default setting was that girls were under their fathers protection and there was little question of their or my intentions because of it. Here at lee that is not the case, the cultural norm is the typical dating model, which is fine, it just makes everything a big useless guessing game.
I hate having to second guess my every action with the opposite sex hoping that it is not misconstrued or that I don't wrongly interpret their interaction with me.
So while I have had qualms with the courtship model over the years at different points I have at least gained as of recent a new appreciation for the atmosphere and culture it creates. Do I think it's perfect? No. But in many ways it beats this emotional wast stream I have been kayaking in recently.
j.
posted by j. at
12:55 AM
2 Comments:
i agree... not everything about the concept of "courtship" is necessarily good, but the atmosphere it creates is a good one.
hey jason, i read your post today during school and was ecstatic to see you updated! unfortunately i couldn't comment due to the lovely firewall we have on the school network.
anyway, this is a great post that i can relate with all too well. see, school here in NY encourages the same impractical "guessing game" as university in TN.
it is frustrating to be habitually bombarded with distractions, as well as the confusion this whole interaction can potentially create. almost everyday i ask Him for the strength to resist these aberrations.
It would be nice if things were just simple; i would agree that courtship is not always simple or consummate. however, it does create a nice atmosphere and culture.
all in all, great update :)
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