Psychology 110

My psychology class finally started this past Tuesday. I felt bad that I did not get a chance to read chapter one before the first class, and my teacher kind of rubbed it into the class. I know he was not trying to make us feel bad, so I did not take it personally.
After that day, I made it a point to read the whole thing. It was very interesting. One of the things that stuck out to me was the kind of attitude that pyschologist need to have. They need to be critical thinks that are earger and curious, but they also really need to scrutinize everything they see. At the same time, however, they also need to be open minded about what they are learning. This all makes sense, because psychology is the "science of behavior and mental processes".
The one thing I love about psychology is that you get to study yourself. Granted, there are may fields of psychology that do not focus on human behavior and mental processe, but the ones that do, I find to be very interesting. The one thing that gets me, is that we are made in the image of God, therefore, we are very complex in charater. I do not believe that any person can be put in a box. God alone knows who we truly are. Because of this, I see the importance of having this kind of mindset when studying psychology.

Give it Up

Today I was in my quiet time just thinking about life in general. Much has changed in my life time, and most of it is not for the better. It seems the older society gets, the more extreme it becomes. We live in a day and age where the people are pushing the limits in everything. It is like a fight to find ones identity. Art, music, fashion, media, all of it is trying to capture the personality of something; of life, people, emotion, issues. In this ball of artistic explosion, many beautiful things have been created, but to the world it still is not enough. It will never be enough. What is the point of life when the world does not believe it was started on purpose? There is not point when God is pushed out of it.

In all of this the church still stands, and my generation is growing up and getting ready to take the baton. From what I have seen in much of the youth today is very encouraging. It seems that as the world gets more extreme, so does the youth of the church. There seems to be this drive to get into the culture and turn it around for God. It is like a reclaiming of the arts. It is very exciting.

With all of this, however, I do wonder about my place. I was talking to God about it. In James chapter 2, it speaks of how faith without works is dead. Every time I read it I get convicted because I feel like I am not doing enough works! Today, I did my best to listen as I ready and meditated. The conviction was that in order to live the life of extremity for God, I needed to have more of him; no holding back, no giving in, just walk in obedience to him. It is the plain and simple truth that I have heard many times, but it never loses its meaning or power. Just trust and walk. God will give me the opportunity to show my faith through my works, and in this, get out into the extreme world and be extremely shiny.

Here I am

The school year has started, and alas! I am not taking an English class. I am surprised to be saying that I miss English, but I really do.