Sam's blog post - really long. but please read. please.

Hello people of Hikoi! 

For those of you who don't know yet, the officers and counselors of Hikoi are using this blog to write about well, anything we want. The topic is soo general and it is soo hard for me to pick a certain thing to write about so I my plan is to write a bit about what I think of our current justice unit and my current spiritual life. So here I go...

I guess before I say anything, I want to share what's been going on in my spiritual life. And really, if I was going to share one thing that's happened, I might as well share my entire testimony. But that's a long story and I'm pretty sure most of you have stopped reading by now. So I'll cut it short and say this: I got baptized on June 1, 2014 and as of September 2014, I was already getting lazy with my devos and my prayer life consisted of a lot of talking with not a lot of listening. So what changed? Pretty much my laziness and school :/ And, like most high schoolers, I got caught up in school and homework. Between homework, dance, and naps (don't hate), I had been pushing off devos longer and longer. 

The big game changer for me was WiRE (which is why I encourage everyone to go cuz it's bomb). I went up expecting something great to happen (even though people always say to go up with no expectations but personally I think it's okay to expect something to happen because I know God will do something) and God really showed me how yes, time is of the essence. My time shouldn't be spent watching 6 hours straight of videos or 3 hours straight of ILovePasta (play this game guys), but reading these stories that I was so unfamiliar with in the bible. This is something that I still struggle with now, but I'm working on it. As 2015 came, my commitment for the year was to do devos everyday. I know that for a lot of you, doing that is totally normal but for me, it was like. Doing devos. Every. Single. Day. It was daunting and intimidated me because I knew I struggled so much with this before but I took the challenge knowing that it is something that should be done. One month into this commitment and I'm happy to say that I've done my devos and my reading. :D 

But why did I just waste your time and make you read all about the last few months of mine? I really wanted to share this because I want to encourage all of you who, whether your relationship with God is going really well right now (just like me after baptism) or whether you're in a phase where the only time you touch your bible is when you're at church (me just a few months ago), to challenge yourself and to go beyond what you think is possible for you. God is worth it. 

Haha okay so this has gone on a lot longer than I thought it was but bear with me as I connect this really briefly to what's going on in Hikoi. About a month ago, Jonny told the oc about his plan for the year and the topic of justice. And honestly, all I knew about justice was that that was the thing that the superheros always talk about. This unit has stuck out to me because it reminds me that God deserves to be praised because of what he did. It reminds me that it is only right for me to love God because of the way he treats me. It reminds me that I should love the things that God loves because that is what He has called me to do. And all of this is right and just. 

OKAY. So I just spend 27 minutes typing whatever was going through my mind and I'm sorry if you stopped reading or if this doesn't make sense. But like a regular student, I'm not going to proofread this so just tell me if there are mistakes lol. Mkay thanks for reading :)  

OH! Okay and I realized that I never actually told you guys what the lies were in my 10 truths and 5 lies post (http://fcbc-hikoi.blogspot.com/2014/10/hi-friends-sam-here-how-well-do-you.html). Go check that out if you haven't before looking at the answers!

So finally. Here are my 5 lies:

1. One time while I was dancing, I fell and dislocated my knee. When my teacher came to check up on me, she popped my knee back into place and I never went to the hospital or a doctor. (sorry my life isn't this interesting or painful)
2. I once saw Xiumin and Kris from EXO at the airport in a van. They were in LA for a concert and about to leave and I was at the airport dropping off a family member.(I wish. but this is my friend's story)
3. I like the taste of water. Most people say that water doesn’t have a taste, but water does. (WATER IS SO DISGUSTING)
4. I love to play just dance.  My favorite dance is The Way. (I don't like just dance. or physical movement :/ )
5. I once tripped down an escalator that was going up. (guys im not THAT clumsy)