A Curious Girl: Today's echoes

A few things I thought of today -

Worship and evangelism are hard (or impossible) to separate because the desire to serve God comes from worshipping him, and serving him is a kind of worship in itself (but not the only kind of worship!!)

Why do people always assume that boys like cars and girls like pink and blue colour schemes? Whenever my cousins get presents I always feel painfully aware of the sexism in society.

Does shyness cause low self-esteem, or low self-esteem cause shyness? Do you feel bad about yourself because you can't get along without fear, or do you fear because you don't trust yourself?

I was in Bluewater Shopping Centre today. It's very ironic that it's one of the most beautifully designed buildings I've ever been in. What does this say about our culture?

I also saw the Harry Potter movie trailer. As it's an English book, why are they using the American name? I hate all the merchandising, it stinks of Warner Bros. milking it for all they can get. But the film actually looks quite good, debating whether to go see it. Much as I like my own imagination, the film seems more real. If I could get the chance to spend time in one of my favourite books, I'd do it, only I'd probably pick Voyage of the Dawn Treader or Caves of Steel first. However I'm debating as to whether it would fit or better my imagination enough.

Christmas is coming. Now's the time to stock up on the cheap imitations of all those values that have been missing all the year. A credit card will substitute for love. One day eating and playing games together will do for sharing. Yes, I'm exaggerating - I know most people don't think this way. But little by little, Christmas turns into a cold ritual, all for one day's warm glow. I said all this last year. It's just that shopping even vaguely near Christmas time depresses me. Roll on the January Sales.

Group friendships are OK if you're willing to share stuff about how you feel to other members. The only time I ever see this is on Christian camps, though, and very occasionally elsewhere. Usually you can have fun but you often have to perform to keep with the group culture. Meaning that functioning group members have two moods - upbeat and pretending to be upbeat.

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