April 23, 2004
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Juggling & Spoiled Asian Americans
Something I've learned from juggling is that you must toss the ball upwards. As soon as you have a ball in your hands, you must toss it - get rid of it. To hold onto it is to not be juggling.
This lesson parallels my thoughts and convictions from the passage we studied last night at FDIC. As soon as we get a material blessing, we ought to toss it back to God. Don't hold onto it. To hold onto to it and love the things of this world is just plain foolishness.
Back at home while I was journaling, I realized that I have grown to subtley and unconsciously despise my generation - or at least, worry about it. Maybe because I know that I am very much a product of it, and my fear for my generation is really a fear for myself. We are spoiled Asian Americans who have had everything handed to us easily. We got good educations, parents who selflessly sacrificed everything for us - middle class American living, freedom of democracy, Bibles easily accessible and churches right at our doorsteps. We've got it so good. The question now is what will we do? My biggest fear is that the whole group will settle into the business of making a living, buying a house and raising a family. And that's it. End of story. I don't think that's acceptable at all.
I don't want to go down that path and I don't want anyone I know to go down that path either. But I know it's easy to wander in that direction. And I so pray, Jesus, rescue me from this path of self-centered, mediocre living. Deliver me from investing in things I can't take with me when I pass away from this life. Lord Jesus, I pray that I would die before I would settle into that sort of mediocrity.
Comments (1)
Hi Mary Ann! Your xanga entries are quite thought provoking, and this one sparked some opinions of my own. I do agree with you, that the ease of life of this generation of asian americans (myself included) can throw us down the path of being self-centered and wanting to live for things of this world. The effortlessness of this generation turns us into a complacent people, who thus also become complacent about growing in our faith. But I do disagree with trivializing the whole "making a living, buying a house, and raising a family" part. God's people have been doing this for generations - thousands and thousands of years and there is no indication of dishonor in doing such. Perhaps its how we honor/glorify God and furthur His Kingdom in our mundane lives that can make all the difference. I believe that ministering to our own children is equally pleasing to the Lord as sharing the Gospel to a child dying of AIDs in Africa.
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