Fullfillment

I've been thinking quite a bit recently about flullfillment. what it is and when i feel it, if ever? As a Christian i've frequently heard phrases such as 'find your fullfillment in God'. Christians have a knack for saying cliche phrases similar to this which we spout off left right and centre. It sometimes makes me mad because it doesn't mean anything, well it doesn't for me. It's just words that we've been told and sound good but dont always take on board. What does it mean to find your fullfillment in God? Well here are some thoughts and experiences i've been having recently that help me to understand this a bit better...



So, Fullfillment, Joy, happiness, Contentment or whatever you call it... every now and then i find myself experiencing it, or atleast I think I do from my understanding of those feelings. I started thinking about what made me feel so good about life and myself in these moments. I was trying to analyse the journey i took of getting to that point.



What im beginning to explore is this idea that when i'm making the most of life it is then that I feel fullfilled. Jesus came to give us life and give it to us in all it's fullness (John 10:10). I've begun to discover that I experience this fullness of life at times when I am truly pursuing a relationship with God, a relationship that is a part of my everyday life which impacts how i view the world, how i interact with people and what decisions i make. By also reading the Bible and actually learning from it, and by desiring to just spend time in quiet with God.



Furthermore there are times when i am not lazy, this particularly relates to my uni work. I dont procrastinate but get things done. I put effort into it with a desire to learn something new (It certainly helps studying things that actually matter to me and will shape me as a person, as opposed to just some random degree for the sake of it).



Also by respecting my body and giving it everything it needs which is for me regular exercise. God cares about every different aspect of our lives Spiritual, Physical, Mental, Relational etc and when i am making the most of the opportunities and gifts i've been given by God then i experience Joy because im doing what God has created me to do and when you do what God has created you to do you are worshiping God.

I am beginning to think that when i am at these points it is then that i am feeling fullfilled and that i am actually living life to its fullest.

thoughts...?

Band of Brothers

I haven't blogged for ages so here's a thought for you...

So, I recently just started watching Band of Brothers again (the Series about the US Para troopers and their story in the second world war). Every time I watch it, it blows my mind and general second world war stuff fascinates me. I was thinking about why I love it so much and here are my thoughts...

There is something about the whole story that captures me and I think its particularly to do with the togetherness that those guys experienced as a group. It reminds me of something we talked about at uni and how God is out there in the world and we should look to see him and his characteristics in the contexts we find ourselves in. I think that the unity these guys had where they knew each other better than anyone and loved each other so much that they would die for each other is an amazing thing and i see God in it. I don't know if its a guy thing which makes me long for this band of brothers or camaraderie type thing?

I remember being in new Zealand and how great it was being with a group of guys that you hung out with so much, jumped off bridges, floated down rivers and had adventures every day. We experienced so much and shared 6 months of our lives with each other and it was friggin amazing! Maybe that’s why I like team sports as well like football. It's an amazing thing when everyone is committed to the same thing and on the same page.

On our residential for uni at the start of this year the theme for the week was 'Community' and quote was something like this...

'Community is the by-product of people heading in the same direction together'

This is so true of what I've been thinking about, I think I like community and that feeling you get when your doing something significant and you get to share that with other people...happy days and thanks God for people (you can tell im an extrovert/people person!).

Thanks for reading,

Robbie