[Vlog] Weaknesses?

The youth leader mentioned was Ko Iie.

He just briefly mentioned Romans 8:31 at the end of his sermon, and this thought came to mind.

The question was "If God is for us, who could be against us?"

A rhetorical question, which answer was an expected "nobody".

While a "nothing" refers to a thing, "nobody" refers to people.

I am a person. Could it be that I'm included in the nobody?

After 22 years of living, sometimes my biggest enemy seems to be myself. Bad characters, stiff personality, the mistakes I've made..

It might be a little confusing. How can you be against yourself in the first place? But, taking into account that you are a spirit, living in a body, your flesh and the true you are two separate things. You live in a body full of flesh, but your flesh isn't you.

Your flesh is that part of your being which has that sinful nature. But you yourself are a completely new creation!

Rom 7:15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.  20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 

So, I included my flesh in the "nobody" of that verse, and it was such a liberating feeling. I checked if this was true with ce Joan and Ghon, and both agreed. So, there we go!

And the other leader who told me about how to handle weaknesses was Ghon. During the Aussie trip, Anes, whom spent 24 hours with me everyday for 2 weeks, told me that I was stubborn, which kind of hit the mark. My whole family obviously knows but it kinda stopped there, with them. Having a friend see that was kind of embarrassing, and made me a little sad.

But I really appreciated and like his honesty. To have a well meaning friend to pin point a negative side of yours is really rare. So I do treasure him.

But still I was a little sad, and that night I confided in Ghon, and she told me what I told you in the video. Not to deny it but know that it's the perfect workshop for God. Then it made sense why Paul would rather boast in his weaknesses.

And if you're wondering what's with the Vlogs (as if blogging isn't enough to get my message across), I do find it fun to create these :D Sometimes you don't feel like typing, and while talking awkwardly to the camera was really something, I enjoyed it. Although editing might even take longer then typing, but when you like it, it's fun.

Soo that's that and have a very good day people!

Night!