V - the story of: Romans 12:16- Do not be conceited
Sunday, October 08, 2006

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Conceit
A favorable and especially unduly high opinion of one's own abilities or worth.

that's www.thefreedictionary.com definition of conceit.

this week has been tumultuous for me, in terms of football. i play everyday except sundays, as i mentioned in my other blog. the first few days, monday-wednesday, kinda made me feel poo. my first touch was absolutely terrible, but my first touch is usually my strength when i'm attacking, cause i'll bring it down and then pass or skin the person.

anyways, thursday and friday, i just had this vexed mindset, where everything had to be perfect, otherwise i'd shout and scream and swear lol. immature i know. friday was terrible, i kicked the wall 6 times cause i didn't bring it down perfectly. i guess i had really high standards.

come saturday (today) and i had my first lie in since i started uni. i didn't go to my usual football session, but instead, i asked alex (neighbour) to play football with me at a nearby pitch. it was great, because every mistake i made, whether it was a bad shot, or a poor pass, or a bad touch, i punished myself by counting each mistake, which represented 5 pressups. i did 85 today, haha pretty crap right? but it was good to just share with him and chill out i guess. i timed myself over 80/85 metres, wasn't really sure how long the distance was, and i ran it in 10.84 seconds. hm, 100m in sub 12 seconds is in sight...hehe.

what really inspired me just now, was romans 12:14,16. verse 14 says "bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse". there are always a few fiery people in footy, who will undervalue you, or underestimate your abilities and bollock you for negligible things, but what would jesus do? even to the point of death, when there was a soldier arresting him, he healed his ear that Peter cut off and gave himself in humbly. what's good enough for JC is good enough for me.

verse 16- the BIG one, says "do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. do not be conceited". i'm in the 4th uni team, which is the lowest one. i was aiming for at least 3rds, if not 2nds, but i ended up in the lowest. i've been saying they're crap and i'm better than this...but so what if i haven't impressed yet? that's a sign of "conceit". the definition of that is to have a high value of your own abilities, which i guess is what i had. i'm nowhere near as good as i think i am, but i'm excited, cause God is gonna make me amazing...hehe.

uni. it's gonna make or break you.

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