Going Extreme For God

How extreme is too extreme? I honestly don’t believe there is such a thing as being too extreme. I believe we should strive to honor God in every part of our lives. Relationships, friendships, movies, music, and all our other life activities should be carefully considered with prayer. I once had someone tell me that they were getting a tattoo and it wasn’t a big deal because it had nothing to do with their faith. That person was wrong. Everything has to do with your faith. I am not saying it is a sin to get a tattoo, but I do believe you should ask God if it would be something that is honoring Him.
Why am I writing this blog? I have decided to go extreme for God. I want to strive to have every part of my life honor Him. This is going to be a hard thing to balance though. I struggle with judging others. If I want to strive to honor God in every part of my life though I am going to have to work my hardest on not judging others. Even if I am going extreme for God that doesn’t mean He looks at me as better than anyone else. So hear are some things I am going to start working on.
I am going to spend 30 minutes on facebook each day. Okay I honestly love facebook. I don’t believe it is sinful, but I do believe I am wasting my life on it. I believe facebook adds unwanted drama to my life. From cutting my time on it I will cut the drama out and also find other more productive things to do. Sitting on facebook all day or for so many hours doesn’t really honor God. I am not saying it can’t, I have had some deep conversations on facebook, but I think I can do without all that facebook time. J
I am going to honor my mother and father. This is something I am going to need your help on. I have a hard time honoring my parents. If you ever hear me say or do anything that does not honor my parents, saying something to me. Even if I don’t again with what they are doing, I have to honor them. Even if you believe they are wrong don’t let me talk badly about them. J
I am going to save my kiss until marriage. Now I have made this commitment before and it didn’t last very long. I felt like it was too extreme, but now that I am living to the extreme I have changed my mind. To help me with this, I am not going to date. You heard me right, Emily is not going to date. I am going to wait until I feel like I am ready for marriage to pursue dating with the opposite sex. I need you to help me on this one too. I don’t want to be distracted by men at this point in my life. I want to be growing in my relationship with Christ. So the extreme thing I am going to do…I will not talk to boys in chat or messages on facebook. (Ok like extreme!!! Ahaha..I can not believe I am even saying this. J ) I don’t want to be pursuing a close relationship with any man right now so if a guy wants to talk to me he can writing on my wall or talk to me in real life. This way I get rid of the deep/ emotional conversations that could go somewhere I don’t want them to. So if you are a guy and you try talking to me on chat or in a message and I ignore you I don’t mean to be rude. I would love to talk to you and if you want to set up a time where we and a few other people can get together I am all for it. I just don’t want alone time with a guy, even if it’s on facebook. J If you want to see how I am…just write on my wall. This is so extreme and right now I am wondering why I am doing such a crazy thing. People are going to think I am nuts, but I am going to be extreme for Christ. J (Yes, I did just listen to Joshua Harris talk about kissing dating goodbye)
Those are the three big extremes, but I also want to strive to read my Bible and pray. I don’t read my Bible much and if you have talked to me about scripture at all you have probably realized this. I just can’t get motivated to do it. PRAY FOR ME!! This is one of the biggest things I struggle with!! My friend Becca and I are going to start a devotional together so I hope that helps me to get motivated. Prayer is another thing I need to work on. I want to honor Christ. Please pray that God will guild me.

Living the Northwestern Girl Life,
Emily