Saturday, September 20, 2014

Pop Pop!

So I'm back at it, and I genuinely hate to say it but I may be enjoying blogging. Not because I consider myself a deep person with really awesome thoughts that everyone should listen too. Instead it is because I consider myself a sarcastic person with some somewhat funny thoughts, and although I may sometimes hide behind the jokes if you really dissect the sarcasm there could be some thing to think about. Who knows?

So onto the homework assignment. As Magnitude once said,


There are probably two questions you're thinking right now. The first being, is this dude ever going to run out of Community references? The answer to that is a resounding NO! The second question being, what does this Community reference have to do with anything? The answer to that is that Magnitude, pictured above, is a one-man party. This means that I will be blogging about partying/drugs/alcohol today.

This blog is not going to be about my opinions on whether or not any three of these things are wrong, instead I want to ask, why do people do them? 

My thoughts were sparked by an awesome article that was written by Jon Foreman for Huffington Post. The link is here if you are interested in reading it:


The article talks about what it means to come alive, to really live, to really breathe. From my perspective and observation many people do these things because they are looking for some sort of fulfillment in life. They haven't been able to find anything else that completes them so they turn to artificial fulfillment. A quick high, and fleeting moment of false completion. 

Society today is very self-focused, we can't seem to see outside of our little bubbles. We try and find wholeness within ourselves and/or with a substance because that substance might seem more real and genuine then anything else.

I think we need to turn towards Christ to find true fulfillment and to find never ending love and grace. We don't need to look at another empty bottle and reach for another thinking that "this one is going to be the answer, this one is going to fulfill me for good."

 Instead we can be filled with strength and love that not only fills us but overflows and spills out of our bubble and infects the people around us. 

God Bless,

Blake Anthony

1 comment:

  1. Good thoughts! I would continue the idea by stating that many simply don't know that there can even be true fulfillment in Christ because there aren't many churches displaying it! Our churches don't look like fulfillment - they look like jail or a cult. We need to be invested in the church. Why would anyone else join if they can see there's not real or genuine about it.

    Also, I'm going to comment on every blog of yours that has a Community reference because I may or may not, but definitely have seen every single episode more than 4 times each. This is because I'm "streets ahead."

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