Definition

I asked people to summarize me in one word...but I did sorta' the same...but with many more words...

these are the first words that I thought of before I saw anything that anybody else wrote...


I think they're pretty interesting...cause obviously not all of them are true...and some of them are pride and others are lies from the devil....it's just really interesting I'll explain more once you've read both lists...


Christian

Godly

Artistic

Lovable

Disgusting

Smelly

Short

Flabby

Determined

Hard-working

Crazy

Confused

Average

Cute

Scruffy

Fiery

Musical

Whimsical

Foolish

Dangerous

Insane

Unaesthetic

Deep

Introverted

Spirited

Arrogant

Ignorant

Obstinate

Distant

Close

Familiar

Kid

Un

Re

Creative

Unique

Stream-lined

Revolutionary

Folk

Burdensome

Sin-natured

Loving

Polite

Sincere

Malleable

Talented

Indecisive

Frantic

Forceful

Dominating

Retrogressive

Progressive

Weak

Watchful

Interesting

Interested

Intricate

Sensitive

Thick-skinned

Anti-religion

Ridiculous

Funny

Strange

Queer :) (HAH!)

Gay :) I like the old meanings (gay=happy and queer=strange…they’re different from just saying happy or strange…cause…they convey something different...that's how I see them...)

Different

Perverted

Gluttonous

Dumb

Deaf

Blind

Out-of-shape

Regimented

Free

Humble

Pride

Intellectual

Learned

Striving

Idiot

Silent

Soft-spoken

Loud

Inspiring

Cowardly

Forgiving

Judgmental

Industrial

elemental

Imagine ending with elemental...that's actually funny....I don't know what mood I was in...but it must have been a weird one to end with elemental...I don't even know what I mean by that... :)

Now I've shown you this list not to reap sympathy, empathy...or encouragement...

so don't show up and say, "Stephen you should know you are....this...."or "Stephen you should know you aren't... this....

this is about the tricks that we play on ourselves...

humility is one thing...but the devil takes hold of it...and pushes it...many times...and changes it...

and perverts it...

I know what I am...and it's definite...and this is where words fail...because they are abstract...

a word is so abstract...

you say something and a million pictures come to mind...but a picture is much more definite...a picture is worth a thousand words...but a word is worth many more pictures than a thousand....

God we have this whole book trying to explain...and this picture trying to capture even just a part of what God is like...

That's why art fails...it's taking something and relating it to someone else with abstraction...

imagine trying to tell of how great God was without his spirit giving you the right way to convey it...cause not only does your mouth speak abstraction, but so do your actions...and imagine all the different combinations there are...for saying something...and then all the different combinations of things and how everyone reacts differently to them...

where one combination of communications...would repulse someone...while that same combination may bring them close...or even challenge another...

yet if we have God moving through us....he conducts our actions and speech in such a way to communicate perfectly what God is to someone who doesn't know...

now think about that when you see this second list...which is by people...most of whom I've known for quite some time and would not lie....

now to each one I've conveyed something different...yet predominately....these are positive connotative words...because that's what God does...He's pleasing...

I suck at communication...but when God moves through me...he gives me the right things to do and say :)

awesome!

quiet

real

Thoughtful

FUN!

...Confident. ;-)

Awkward. (You have taught me well, sensei) :)

Faithful.

Honest

Cleveland

christian

Devoted

True

brother


so think about that...when you're down...when you're struggling...think about...why....


is it because of God...is it because God is moving through you...and if it is...then it's cause for rejoicing...


if not...ask yourself...who are you taking your cues from....who is moving through you...who is motivating your actions...if not God...if he's not moving through you...


do you really trust anyone else...to dominate your actions...do you really trust anyone to love you like God...and have your best interest at mind...to accomplish what he wants...


God loves me more than I could ever love me...even if I was the most prideful arrogant person on earth...he would still love me more...than I could ever love myself...


and truth shines when he's in me...my mind is right..and things like the second list shine through...


but when I'm taking control...things like the first list sorta' distort and pervert my view....which is sin...because it's separating myself from God by taking control of my life... :)