To infinity and beyond!

I thought I'd do another post because I had a long break (probably due to snow!) and I was thinking about this topic yesterday. By the way, to anyone who has a new years resolution of losing weight- I had a sudden guilt trip about what I said in the last post and so actually I don't think it's boring :) (please keep reading my blog :D)

Last night I got thinking, what's it like to actually live for eternity? In the day it doesn't seem that big of an issue but last night it seemed to worry me a bit. I mean eternity? What happens after that? It's not the first time I've thought about it. I first thought about it when I was quite young and it scared me. I'm not used to thinking of things in terms of infinity! I need an end.....somewhere. But then I thought that the option of an eternity under the ground doing nothing but hanging out, having a big sleep (that never ends) is even scarier! So I would always choose the less scarier option. An eternity living over eternity doing nothing.

When I talked to people about this I would usually come to the conclusion that 'I'd rather spend eternity in Heaven than in Hell' but this didn't exactly comfort me much. I still got that stomach feeling (like you do when you get to the top of a massive roller coaster) when I thought about eternity. What would I do with all that time? When I just stop and think, my mind runs a riot thinking about it. I might also think that 'Well, all humanity is in the same boat!' but again, didn't find much security in that! Surprise surprise.

Last night I thought about it a bit more. Usually I have to stop because I think I'll explode with confusion. But I continued to think and I'm glad I did. Firstly, I realised my thoughts were not very 'Godly'- what I mean by that is they were either from me or from the devil or somewhere else but not God. If they were from me then God help me because what do I know about anything. I don't know what Liechtenstein is like let alone eternal life. If I base my worries on what I think it'll be like, then that is VERY stupid- I've been wrong many a time!- again, surprise surprise! So if they're from the devil then he's gonna WANT me to be scared. He'll want me to prefer reincarnation or whatever over living forever as normal ol' Nathan. So if what I'm feeling is what the devil wants me to think then surely that's wrong and God wants the opposite for me. Right?

Anything I feel towards 'eternity' which makes me scared/worried or whatever is probably exactly the opposite to what it will actually be like! That makes me feel good! AND it doesn't contradict the nature of God-which the other way did. Bonus! He isn't gonna want me to be petrified about dying or going to Heaven! So yeah, relax! You all probably already know this but just incase I thought it might help- helped me! Peace.

Resolutions and revolutions....

After taking a month off for Christmas, I'm back with some bloggage for you to read.

Here's some final Christmas nostalgia!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgcY2W5qs6M

Hope you enjoyed that and your Christmas time was awesome and that Santa didn't miss you out. I spent my Christmas day making this with my little brother....

It was one of the best spent Christmas days I can remember! A great finale for 2010! When I wasn't making LEGO castles, I was spending my time selling cameras to the punters inside Jessops. I'd already worked there for almost two years before taking a year out and then returning this Christmas to do some temping. It was good to get some cash on the side but I also realised how amazing my 2010 had been because I saw the contrasting difference between then and now. My 2010 gap year had been incredibly exciting! Best so far! This is what it's supposed to be like when you live for Jesus. It ain't boring. If it is, you're doing it wrong!

"A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other."

As it's the 1/1/11, it's generally the time when people think up their new years resolutions/ what they want to do in the next year. I've never really taken much interest in this because there's generally a negative connotation surrounding it. In the past it's always been a cop out and I'll revert to 'stop biting nails' or something generic. This year I've decided to take it seriously but I want to concentrate on the positives rather than the negatives. The most typical resolution I've heard is 'I want to lose some weight' or 'Eat less chocolate'.........how boring is that. Notice it's always the same each year which generally concludes to failure. How about setting something fun? One of the top ones on my list is 'Take my brother to see England at Wembley'. I'm looking forward to that one!

Don't get me wrong, I think it's important to improve at things and learn from experiences. One of the main things I've taken from my 2010 year is how big the issue of poverty is. I find it really strange to think that 7 or 8 months ago I was in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere... it makes me realise really how grateful we should be and it stirs me up to try and do things about it. Another resolution is therefore to remember to tithe 10 percent of wages. I've known about tithing for a while but never taken much interest- I guess because I didn't think anywhere needed it. At that point it seemed strange giving it to church because they were richer than me! It also felt like it might get lost and I never knew what happened to it. Although my views have definitely changed- due to UNBELIEVABLE amounts of generosity towards me- I still feel that it's good to know where your money goes because it's not giving for the sake of giving but also so that you can be 'blessed'/whatever you want to call it by doing so.

Another few resolutions are to watch at least 150 of the top 250 IMDb films (I'm on 98 so far!) and to learn to cook better/actually do some cooking!

In other news, I went to a Tesco extra en route to Scotland for Hogmanay and it was huge. Probably bigger than most football stadiums in the Premiership/airports in Europe. Also, some of our family managed to complete a 3D model of the world in puzzle form. The details of completing such a model are far more complex than you could ever imagine but here's a picture anyway!