I would venture to guess that about 65% of the worlds population, when asked, would say that the point of life is to have 'fun'. If you ask them questions like, "Why do you have a job? That's not fun." They will answer with something like, "I have a job so I can make money so I can have fun."
Well. I'm sorry to ruin the ride but life is certainly not about fun. In fact the idea of it doesn't even make logical sense.
For example. People 'love'* toilet papering trees around Halloween. They think it's fun and they get a kick out of it. The thing is, you may be having fun but you are hurting someone else when you do something like that. My point is, people say that life is about having fun when they really mean, "Life is about me having fun." There's a big difference.
I, as a Christian, believe that ones goal in life should be to glorify God in everything you do. This certainly doesn't mean that you can't have fun. Fun just isn't the purpose. If in bringing glory to God, you have fun, you can be sure that you are not hurting** anyone.
Please don't read into this that I'm saying you can never plan to do something that's fun without studying the bible for a third of the time and praying for another third. I'm just saying that when having fun, you should have a purpose, and you shouldn't be hurting anyone.
*I will talk more about love in the future. All I'll say for now is that that word doesn't fit in that sentence.
**By "hurting", I mean, "does them harm". I don't just mean it offends them.
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Kk. Very good thought. I'd have to agree pretty much. I mean. People are just so selfish. And all they're looking for is a "good time". It's really quite pathetic, in my opinion.
I also agree that as a Christian, it is our job, so to speak, to glorify God in all we do. I will say, though, that the kind of fun I was having last night didn't have a purpose. I was hyped up on cider, pinging off the walls and so bloody excited about the new year I was flat out obnoxious. =P I'd have to say there was no point to that, BUT I did keep on saying how thankful I was to God and all that. I mean... He's allowed me to be here and living such an awesome and blessed life!!! =D So... I guess I wasn't fully glorifying God with my hyper-activity, but I wasn't having a, like inappropriate kinda of fun.
If that even makes sense. =P
PS. Happy 2009, Joel! ;)
I think the problem is that people don't see following Christ as fun. They see it as a set of obligations that they must fulfill before they can get to the real fun. I've been finding lately that following Christ is more fun than anything else. Stuff I thought was fun is like, boring now.
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