Showing posts with label hate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hate. Show all posts

Monday, July 29, 2013

Haters Gonna Hate

For those lab-rats people taking part in Jon Acuff's START Experiment today is "International Ignore A Hater" day.

Our task today is to ignore the haters. Ignore the email, tweet, or facebook comment that is slinging mud. The idea is to enjoy the peace of mind that comes when you disregard the haters.

I laughed. Okay, challenge accepted. I don't run into many haters anyway.

So I've taken the challenge and I'm ignoring those that try to bring me down today.

So far (about noon'ish as I type) I've run into people who have told me my dream is dumb and unrealistic.
Said my show is too worldly
Told me they want the old morning show hosts back.
Called me a false prophet.
Said I lack spiritual depth and questioned my salvation.

Oh snap!

This is harder than I expected.

Feel like hatin'?
Comment below, but I won't respond... Today.


Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Love/Hate Relationships

We all have those things in life that drive us crazy, those things that we 'hate'.

I'm no different. I have an intense dislike for...
  • Going to the dentist
  • Say Yes To The Dress
  • People talking on the phone in a public bathroom
  • The New York Yankees
  • Being woken up from sleep
  • Slow internet
  • Being hit in the face with just about anything... Bugs, Nerf darts, fists
  • People who don't turn off their turn signal
  • Cold weather
I don't think anyone who knows me is surprised by that.

I hope I'm not known for that though. I hope I'm known more for what I love than what I hate.

I love...
  • Crystal
  • Kyler
  • My family
  • God
  • Paddleboarding
  • The Dallas Stars
  • Documentaries
  • Wearing boardshorts
  • Mat Kearney
  • Pickup trucks
  • Summer
  • Smoked salmon
Everyone is against something, but a positive person spends more time talking about what they are for, rather than what they are against. 

As Jesus followers, let's aim for that. Let's try to be known for what we love as opposed to what we are against. Let's be known for what we love.

The church has been known for what it's against, and it is against some things. It should be. But let's try to change that. Let's talk about what we love. What we are for.

Christians should be known for their love.
"Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” - John 13:35

Would you say you are known more for what you are for or what you are against?
What are some things that you love?