Agape Young People: March 2009

I've been having my alone time a lot recently. Most of the times, when my roommate is not around and I have the room to myself.

While having my alone time, I ponder and reflect about many things in life. Occasionally, I flip the bible and read my devotion, trying to understand what God is trying to tell me.

Today, I tried to read a book I bought yesterday. I couldn't pay attention to the words. I found myself reading the same paragraph again and again. It wasn't because the book was boring or the writer sucked though, there were just too many things in my head. Frustrated, I put the book aside, and just laid there on my bed, letting my thoughts run wild.

As I laid in bed, I thought about this massive crossroad I am at in my life right now. I am about to make a decision so big, that could make or break my future. And with this current economic situation, it would be simply foolish to just plunge into a decision, just to get it out of my head. As much as I want to ask my parents to just decide for me (because it's the easy way out), and I know they would if I asked them to, I just figured that major decisions await me out there in the future, and I figured it would be too ridiculous to ask Mommy and Daddy to make decisions for me then, wouldn't it? So, I should probably start cultivating my decision-making skills now.

I allowed my thoughts to take a stroll in the wild side, and it came to this: What Would Jesus Do?

A pretty cliched line. But Cliches won't be called cliches if they didn't work, right?

That didn't help me solve my major decision, but another thought came to my head instead. In the entire lifetime that I am in, whose behavior do I emulate?

Something I learned in one of the subjects I took is that people emulate the behavior of the people they hang out with. To a certain extent, I find the truth in that sentence. We behave what we think the society around us would accept, and in our small, constricted, tunnel vision, the society around us are usually people who matter the most to us: Friends and Family. How else would we behave if we want acceptance from them, but to behave like them.

I've always had a role model. They aren't always the best, but role models nonetheless; and I emulate their behavior. But the question I ask myself is, should I take after the characteristics of men (or women)?

Well, the answer to that question is obvious. Many verses in the bible tell us to be Christ-like. But how often do we really take Christ as our role model?

Somehow, while writing all these, I lost my train of thought. So before I write something totally out of the context and something that might get me stoned, I will end with a few questions for everyone:

Who is your role model in life? Why do you choose him/her and what characteristics of that person do you see yourself emulating? When is the last time you emulated Christ-likeness in your everyday life?

Based on my previous posts, looks like brevity is not my forte. :/