Monday, March 9, 2009

i challenge!

Here are some questions to help you begin:

What would the ideal life look like for you? To love one another.

What's good about your life? Having God by my side!

What do you want more than anything else in life? To find the ONE and be loved! lol.

What does it mean to be happy?To have an eternal joy ^_^

If you could change one habit in your life. what would it be? Be more HOLY!!!

What's the one thing you cannot live without? Um... my camera.

What has hurt you most in life? Relationships.

When you're sad or lonely, what do you turn to?
Friends? Music? reading? Alcohol? Cutting? I cry and try to be quiet and sleep. So that time will fly by quickly? I walk outside and just go and do something crazy on my own.

Anyways... these are some questions about our life.
I got these questions from the a book Living with questions by Dale Finger.
So... as the title says... living with questions...
Um... we live our daily life with lots of questions...

The answers will grow broader, deeper, more colorful, and more meaningful as time passes!!!
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  1. AnonymousWednesday, March 11, 2009

    I love that you put yourself out there with answers to these questions... mind if I push you a little so you can probe them even more deeply?

    you write:
    What do you want more than anything else in life? To find the ONE and be loved! lol.

    I write:
    LOL... but what would you then do together? Love just doesn't stop there, does it?


    You write:
    What does it mean to be happy?To have an eternal joy ^_^

    I write:
    But what does that mean? What is 'eternal joy'? Flesh it out... give a metaphor. Your answer is the easier one. But a deeper one is lingering under the surface... As Christians we also use 'joy' and 'happy' interchangeably. So when I read your answer, I think that to be happy is to be happy. Push into the question.

    you write:
    If you could change one habit in your life. what would it be? Be more HOLY!!!

    I write:
    Is that a habit? What does it mean to be holy? What habits do we need to be holy? Like the previous question, there's more under the surface... explore what YOU want, not necessarily what you've been taught. This may require honesty and putting down a 'wrong' answer may actually get you closer to a 'right' answer. The goal is lining up our 'personal experience' with God's revelation... we cannot do it by merely running to Scripture without exploring our false beliefs inside of us too... that is a constant tension in life and one we have to navigate with nuance, honesty, and love.

    You write:
    What's the one thing you cannot live without? Um... my camera.

    I write:
    There we go! LOL Now probe that deeper and consider what life would be like without your camera and whether you'd survive.

    You write:
    What has hurt you most in life? Relationships.

    I write:
    That's for sure! People are painful (but also awesome).

    You write:
    When you're sad or lonely, what do you turn to?
    Friends? Music? reading? Alcohol? Cutting? I cry and try to be quiet and sleep. So that time will fly by quickly? I walk outside and just go and do something crazy on my own.

    I write:
    I appreciate that honesty... and it's a good time to evaluate that and other ways of 'coping' in life. I find I cope in a lot of ways I don't normally think about. But it's a journey. And a good journey too! :)

    I hope you're having a great day, filled with love and God's presence.

    ~dale fincher
    www.soulation.org

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