7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
Something about all of these questions is that there are a lot of different levels to which they can be answered. At least for me and the particular place in life that I'm at right now. On a day to day basis, I believe I do what I believe in. And, because our every days make up the long haul, I believe with my life in general I am doing what I believe in. I don't really have many big dreams which might be weird but it's just the case with me. I do believe that God has plans for me and the way that those will be played out is by me following him with every step. So yes, I am doing what I believe in.
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
If I were only going to live till I was 40 (which is about 21 more years), I think my whole life would be very different because the society in which I was raised would be very different as well. Hmm. Assuming that half my life were already gone and that were normal, I would be married and probably want to be having kids soon (if not already have some) because I want as much time with them as I can get. I would probably have made up my mind about if (and for what) I will go to college or not and either be heading in that direction or pursuing something else. Other than that I don't know if my life would be very different than what it's like now. But obviously those would be some pretty big life changes.
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
That's a tough one. God is sovereign- but I believe we still have choices that affect our lives. I would say where I am right now is a place that I've gotten because of choices (intentional or not). I'm here though because God allowed things to happen in the way they have in response to my decisions. I think my decisions greatly affect the course of my life right now, but God is the one in control of it.
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
I would say up til now, I've worried more about doing the right things but honestly reading this question has made me realize that I need to be more concerned about doing things right as well. Because sometimes you find you've chosen the wrong thing and if you're not also concerned with doing things right, getting out of the wrong thing can get messy. If you're worried about both though, sometimes I think you'll realize that what you thought was the wrong thing can become the right thing when it's followed through in the right way.
Something about all of these questions is that there are a lot of different levels to which they can be answered. At least for me and the particular place in life that I'm at right now. On a day to day basis, I believe I do what I believe in. And, because our every days make up the long haul, I believe with my life in general I am doing what I believe in. I don't really have many big dreams which might be weird but it's just the case with me. I do believe that God has plans for me and the way that those will be played out is by me following him with every step. So yes, I am doing what I believe in.
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
If I were only going to live till I was 40 (which is about 21 more years), I think my whole life would be very different because the society in which I was raised would be very different as well. Hmm. Assuming that half my life were already gone and that were normal, I would be married and probably want to be having kids soon (if not already have some) because I want as much time with them as I can get. I would probably have made up my mind about if (and for what) I will go to college or not and either be heading in that direction or pursuing something else. Other than that I don't know if my life would be very different than what it's like now. But obviously those would be some pretty big life changes.
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
That's a tough one. God is sovereign- but I believe we still have choices that affect our lives. I would say where I am right now is a place that I've gotten because of choices (intentional or not). I'm here though because God allowed things to happen in the way they have in response to my decisions. I think my decisions greatly affect the course of my life right now, but God is the one in control of it.
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
I would say up til now, I've worried more about doing the right things but honestly reading this question has made me realize that I need to be more concerned about doing things right as well. Because sometimes you find you've chosen the wrong thing and if you're not also concerned with doing things right, getting out of the wrong thing can get messy. If you're worried about both though, sometimes I think you'll realize that what you thought was the wrong thing can become the right thing when it's followed through in the right way.