Seth’s World View

Hope you are all having a great summer. I just got back from watching a soccer game and having ice cream. My church has a team in the city soccer league. They lost 2-1, but it was a good time anyway. After all, it’s not so much that we watched a game, but that we were all together.

Current Happenings:

I’ve been pretty busy lately. Between putting out a newsletter for some friends (which is way overdue), working one of the tables this month at church, preparing and teaching Sunday School, upgrading my computer piece by piece, and hanging out with friends, it’s hard to find time. Or maybe it’s more a matter of making the most of the time I have. Oh, I should mention this too. I now have my own domain! My personal web page can now be found at http://www.dupresdomain.com. The old site is still up, but I thought I would try registering an $11 domain at http://www.onestop.net. Lo and behold, I have a domain. I have big plans for my site, but I doubt most of them will ever happen. If nothing else, I have an avenue for self-expression.

Personal Thoughts:

Life is a learning process. That’s good isn’t it? The road of faith seems to be arduous at times, and I wonder if I am going forward or backward. I think part of the problem is that I put so much pressure on myself to be what I think I should be, when God never asked me to be that. Then there are other parts of my life where I should try harder, but I decide to be lazy and let various forms of sin affect my life. Sigh. I’m thankful for God’s grace.

God is working in my life, and he does have a wonderful plan for me. Unfortunately, God works a lot slower than I would prefer. The 9-5 thing is not what I want for my life. I need to do something that means more to me, something where the hours are more erratic. Yet, deep down I know this is what I need right now. As I ponder my goals in life, I realize I have no career ambitions per se. Instead, I have character ambitions. I want to be a certain type of person: a man of integrity, maturity, and character; someone who loves people; to have a strong prayer life and relationship with God; to believe in God’s goodness and perservere to the end. If I achieve those goals, to any degree, then I have no doubt God will work mightely through my life, and all my needs will be met. Moreover, no person, besides me, can block those goals. Achieving vocational goals usually require many things, and many people, to work together to achieve the end result. Not achieving the goal can bring frustration; achieving it doesn’t necessarily bring satisfaction. Only when the inner-person is at peace with God will a person be content with life. When I look at my life that way, it’s hard not to smile. Life isn’t the way I want it to be, yet, what is there to complain about? God has been so good to me, and the past year of my life has been wonderful in so many ways. God is using all my circumstances, especially the ones I dislike, to teach me to be a Christ-follower in all circumstances. God will build my character, and teach me to live a life of ministry every day of my life, but it will be God’s way, and I just have to trust He knows what He is doing, and that He will take my brokenness and use it to His glory. Peace be with you all.