I got sniped by Halo0004

So yesterday i was hanging out at youth and, as always, a couple of us plugged in halo 2 (now with new maps) and i was dying a lot. now this happens a lot when i'm playing anthony or vincent but a lot of the people i was playing had barely been playing halo at all. i still remember when i'd have to remind them how to shoot (after i found them and shot them of course) and now i'm getting no scope sniped across an entire field. that is a marked improvement. We do that a lot. grow and improve i mean. we dont stay in the same place with anything in our lives for long. we improve our friendships, our sports skills, our everything.

We should be doing the same thing with God, and our relationship with him. we should be constantly refining it and tuning it and making sure it's in the best possible shape we can make it, because what else is or could be more important? But unfortunately, we don't always do what we should. I know i haven't in the past and i probably won't in the future. however, we are all aware of how we should be with God, and if the place we could be at isnt the same place we should be at we shoulndt make peace with it. we shoulndt accept the places we're weak as eternal, and be satisfied with the places we're strong in. we should keep striving, and growing, and getting deeper into God.

Pastor Anthony always defeats me unmercifully at Halo. our first halo match the score was 25-7 . For those of you that dont play, that is really bad. since then i've played and practiced and at our last match he beat me by 25-14 and it's not perfect, it's not even close, but i'm improving and someday i will be faster and stronger. but i wont get there by sitting around and watching everyone else play. I'll get there by practicing, and playing more, and playing stronger opponents, and spending a lot more time with the game then he does.

Someday, I want to be so close to God that i look back at the place i am now and say: man, i am so much stronger now. but i wont get to that place either by looking at everyone around me rise and sitting on the bench. I refuse to let what God wants for and from me pass me by. i'm going to get in the game and rise, and grow and improve. I'm going to keep growing stronger and getting better. but what i will do doesnt matter for you right now. what's going through your heart and your head is what should. so with that i'll leave it at one question: What will you do?