I was up at 6:30 to be on the road by 8:00 to drive for fifty minutes in traffic to get to a community centre, at which I was on my feet for four and a half hours with nothing but a fifteen minute lunch break. It was video shooting day! For project ARC, we're now filming follow-up videos to send to schools after our show, identifying and expanding upon certain subjects we talk about in the show, for example, helping people, helping animals and helping the earth. We call these videos spARC (Start Practicing Action, Responsibility, Choice).
Besides that, I've been battling a cold and asthma issues since last Thursday, and lots of coughing and a sore throat continue to linger. When I got home, Mom made me take this thick, red, goopy cough syrup that tastes about as horrible as rotten cherries and sour milk. And after I choked that down, it was time to start school - at 2:30 in the afternoon. I had Accounting and Greek and some Systematic Theology homework that needed to be done today, besides working on my Scripture memory work, devotions and ... writing this blog post.
I didn't want to write a blog post today. I had enough to do.
But a line I have in our spARC videos really has been rolling around my head since this morning.
"Are you really just here [on this planet] for you?"
It was like I got thwacked in the head with a four-by-four. That was my problem today. I was so concerned about me, me, me that I forgot that this world doesn't actually revolve around ... well, me! It's not so much that I just didn't want to write a blog post as that I forgot that I'm not just here for me. I'm here for Someone much greater than me. I'm here for the Creator. I'm here for His glory, not my own. And I'm also here for others. I'm here to serve them and to shine a light to them.
So maybe I didn't want to write a blog today because I was just feeling a little too selfish. And I'm sorry for that. But now I realize it, and I wanted to tell you about it. Sometimes we need a little reminder that we're not just here for us, that this planet doesn't revolve around our needs. Now, instead of focusing on me today, I'm going to try to focus on God's glory and serving others. How about you?