have you ever thought...

Hey 

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 
- Romans 3:23

That's what was running through my head as i heard the sermon about Mary in the Catholic mass at our school yesterday. Over and over again, the priest said that Mary was Holy and sinless and it kept making me....really wonder. And my heart was like panging because over and over i was like "this isn't biblically correct". I went home and during my devo time, I went bible diving into the Gospels and I couldn't find any kind of scripture that would back this up. Mary was a faithful woman. An example of God's amazing abilities. It's like Moses. Like King Solomon. Like a whole bunch of other people in the Bible who did amazing things because the Lord had given them power or had done something for/to them. 

I'm going to keep this short because i'm trying to sleep before 11. But I haven't talked about devos in a while. And 2 nights ago i just sat on the floor and prayed. I didn't look at the clock, i turned off the lights and just sat there and prayed. I think over 10 minutes went by and it was probably one of the best devo times i've had in at least a week. Because well...i feel like they've been semi-rushed. Partly because i've been sleeping later and partly because....maybe because i'm not focused enough and my head's too cluttered with other things. But that night where I sat on the ground. It was like 12:30 when i finished. It was late. But i was glad that I got some good devo time. It's the least i can do. I find myself Bible diving now. Not restricting myself to that one chapter a day but just flipping through, reading, being interested in just stories and references ( yay for a study bible =P). Praise the Lord =) And so i'm trying that now. Back to the clock. Sleeping earlier. More devo time. 

I got back a math mark today. Math's been something that i've recently been struggling with. Rather I've been working harder because i know i need to. I found out i dropped 5% since midterm and to some people that might not be alot. And to some people, my current mark would be amazing to them. But i know i can do better. I know God's blessed me with the gifts to do better. And so i'm going to study hard this weekend for my test. Today i felt less than productive. Took mozilla off my rocketdock. Turns out some of the parental control features don't work. Meaning only opera blocks stuff. So now i'm using strictly opera. No more games. I don't need them nor should I really be playing them. 

Also, a last thought before I leave. Paul talked in Phillipians as if he was only on earth to continue God's ministry and otherwise, he'd be overjoyed to be in heaven. It's a concept commonly taught. Keeping your eyes on the unseen. Keeping your eyes on heaven. But how often do we REALLY live like that? How often do we have faith like that? That's something i'm really striving for. Today i did some ninja charity. I'm glad i did. 

I think that's it for now. I'll blog....again sometime soon =) Excited for cell group night. Drifting Wood Potluck for the awesome =)

p.requests: 
- discipline to get my work done and do chores (getting better)
- live my life with Jesus in mind. Not myself 
- focused devos 

thanks =)
-Chris