Friendships

Should our personal believes and our own convictions get in the way of our friendships if our friends or even our family members are doing something we disagree with? Are we so insecure in our own believes that we can't continue our relationship or is discontinuing our friendship our way of showing our friend that we totally disagree with their actions and until they stop we will have no part of that friendship? Did Jesus really teach this?

I have just been discussing this sort of situation with a Christian friend who has been dating a Muslim girl. Many of his family and friends have totally disagreed and have lectured to my friend that they shouldn't date and hence did not want to meet his girlfriend. They have now broken up on their own accord. But what is the actual damage that has taken place. Was an opportunity lost to show this Muslim girl the actual true love of Jesus? Are we not called to see all people won for Jesus? Will my friend be able to trust his family/friends next time something comes up in his life and needs advice on?

Many questions I know. What did I do you might ask? Do I agree with dating a none Christian? I know my friend had his own convictions, I just choose to stand by him and show him as much love of Jesus as I knew. And if he actually did ask for my views I would say but that never came around. Was I gutless in not stating/lecturing my own convictions and believes on my friend? I leave that answer to your own convictions!

Size doesn't always matter

I often think that I can only blog if I have something profound, long and insightful. But today it is simple, I love Jesus. I know if you asked me that any other day I would say the same thing. I don't know why today is different, but it just seems different. I love the kindness Jesus has shown me and I am so humbled.

The first sense of getting old

Today I had the realisation that I am getting old. I'm 26 so some might say I am still very young. And in most fields I would say that would be true. But I am old in the fact of playing sport at a competitive level. Yesterday at soccer I injured my thigh, to my limited prognosis I would say I have torn some muscle in my quadriceps. This has made me think I can no longer play sport and not have a high level of training combined to survive. Hitting the road for runs no longer does it (Mikey - I finally entered the Auckland half marathon). I am sensing the need to actually do some kind of gym work. So I now take on the task of looking at gym vs a home gym. I am not quite ready to hang up the boots yet!

Morals part 2

I only wrote the Morals part 1 blog earlier tonight and since then my spirit has been in turmoil. I don't know why this is so hard. I am not sure if it is the fact that I am definately going to go and now I am freaking out or the fact that I feel loyal to the company for all the time I have invested. I'm just not sure what it really is. All I know is that I have the Holy Spirit to guide and comfort me and I will stay under His wings. It is scary to buck the trend and follow morals instead of money and it does scare me. I know this is the right thing but it doesn't make it any easier...

Morals

I am having a few moral issues at work at the moment in the way a manager has acted and then in the way his senior management has dealt with it. Which was barely a slap on the hand! Do you stay at a company when you disagree with the company morals? What if you really like the job? What if they pay you even more to stay? These are my dilemmas I am currently going through. I actually don't like my current role too much but I am discussing a new role that I would like and it would have more money to go with it.

My conscience says leave, my heart says leave and I think my head says leave too.

So I think I'll leave then.

I'm sure there will are many more companies to work for that will have morals that fit with mine and have a role and money that works for me. I just have to go and find it. I think www.seek.co.nz is where I'll start...