For Your Glory

My apartment unit and Jiwen went to Kemah on Saturday for Susan's birthday, and we really enjoyed the boardwalk with all the rides and the ambiance.  Funnel cake, birds swooping by our heads, light mist spraying from designated coverings, the Gulf of Mexico, a light-up ferris wheel, unintentionally dirty photos... they were all there.

Aaand now we're back.  I'm still a little ambivalent as to how to use names on this blog... but I guess for the positive/trivial things, it can't matter too much, right?
Caleb's parents are at our apartment right now, making brownies, rearranging our furniture, cleaning everything... it's really, really kind of them.  So here I am, awkwardly hiding by my messy desk in Caleb's and my room, with books and papers and clothes lying everywhere.  Bad impression much? haha.  Ah well.

I blame my lack of blogging on my schoolwork and the imminent testimony I'm gonna give to CCF.  It'll probably be the last Friday of October, so I still have over a month, but still.  I want to make it good.

Naturally, much prayer is needed for such a thing... I hope I keep that in mind.  Pray that I'll be able to reach out to CCF and let them know about homosexuality and that it does affect people... a lot more people than most realize.
Above all, may the testimony glorify God.  Glorifying God is something that I'm trying to keep at the forefront of my mind.  I still remember last year when Pastor David Carter was giving a message to CCF, and I responded to one of his questions with "Becoming more Christ-like."  He then said, "Sure, but why be more Christ-like?  What's the point?"

I seriously could not think of why... but fortunately Tina came to my rescue by answering, "To glorify God."

Duh.  I mentally smacked myself numerous times after that because of how obvious it should've been.  I should have known and immediately said that.
But I didn't.  Instead, that wasn't anywhere near what I was thinking.  A little embarrassing/shameful, if you ask me.  How could I forget the meaning of life?  To give glory to God...
Perhaps my non-answer was more revealing of my heart than anything else.

So in the case of this testimony, I pray that I speak to glorify God, and not myself.  I pray that I speak with a vulnerability, brokenness, and the beautiful hope and restoration that is found in Christ Jesus.

I'll be opening up this blog on that day too.  So just one more month of unadulterated writing (written with the intention of opening it up to them eventually, though) from me.

Now, back to work on that testimony.  =)