Comments on: Shortcuts Only Produce Plastic Fruit http://myoneword.org/arranging-your-life/shortcuts-only-produce-plastic-fruit/ Everything you know about News Year’s resolutions is about to change! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:13:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: flutter http://myoneword.org/arranging-your-life/shortcuts-only-produce-plastic-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-326 flutter Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:16:41 +0000 http://myoneword.org/?p=200#comment-326 because plastic fruit is easy... it looks good and it doesn't take too much work. It's neat and tidy and we basically get the outward result we want. Most of all, it puts on a good show, and as long as we don't get too close, or don't let others too close, we don't have to worry about being found out. If we don't look too close, we may not even notice that they are fake. another reason is because God is the only real fruit, and our way is always the shortcut... we don't want to give God complete control (or admit that we aren't... we are Christians after all... ) So the plastic fruit stays, and we just close our eyes to the reality that God is not really God in our lives (in my life...ouch... that's gonna change!) because plastic fruit is easy… it looks good and it doesn’t take too much work. It’s neat and tidy and we basically get the outward result we want. Most of all, it puts on a good show, and as long as we don’t get too close, or don’t let others too close, we don’t have to worry about being found out. If we don’t look too close, we may not even notice that they are fake.
another reason is because God is the only real fruit, and our way is always the shortcut… we don’t want to give God complete control (or admit that we aren’t… we are Christians after all… )
So the plastic fruit stays, and we just close our eyes to the reality that God is not really God in our lives
(in my life…ouch… that’s gonna change!)

]]> By: Lisa Marie http://myoneword.org/arranging-your-life/shortcuts-only-produce-plastic-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Lisa Marie Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:34:15 +0000 http://myoneword.org/?p=200#comment-325 I Have Learned And I'm Still Learning That Quick Fixes Don't Work. 5 Years Ago This Month After Almost 9 Years Of Marriage I Was Divorced. I Tried To Make Some Quick Fixes In My Marriage, Like Assuming Control In Most Of The Marriage Instead Of Letting God Be In Control. When Unhappy Or Unsastified In The Areas Of Romance/Imitamacy, Often I Would Turn To Chat Rooms, Which Lead To Long Conversations With Other Men That I Should Of Only Had With My Husband, But For Me I Found It Easier To Talk To A Stranger Than Him. Though I Have Pretty Much Put This Behind Me, There Are Other Areas In My Life I Try To Fix Quickly, But Often When I Do, God Is Usually There To Say, "Slow Down And Let Me Fix It For You". I Have Learned And I’m Still Learning That Quick Fixes Don’t Work. 5 Years Ago This Month After Almost 9 Years Of Marriage I Was Divorced. I Tried To Make Some Quick Fixes In My Marriage, Like Assuming Control In Most Of The Marriage Instead Of Letting God Be In Control. When Unhappy Or Unsastified In The Areas Of Romance/Imitamacy, Often I Would Turn To Chat Rooms, Which Lead To Long Conversations With Other Men That I Should Of Only Had With My Husband, But For Me I Found It Easier To Talk To A Stranger Than Him. Though I Have Pretty Much Put This Behind Me, There Are Other Areas In My Life I Try To Fix Quickly, But Often When I Do, God Is Usually There To Say, “Slow Down And Let Me Fix It For You”.

]]> By: Christina http://myoneword.org/arranging-your-life/shortcuts-only-produce-plastic-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Christina Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:01 +0000 http://myoneword.org/?p=200#comment-306 I think a quick fix is easier because you feel like you are doing something good by "changing", but it really doesn't conflict with what you REALLY want to do. It is so much easier to make the outside look good, without changing inside. I struggle with things that I have found a temporary solution for, then has come to haunt me. I had a big time problem with drinking excessively and my solution was to literal uproot my life "fix" my problem thinking it was the people and things around me causing my partying. Of course, I continued to have my problem at a distance, but found a way to conceal it for the time being. Two years later I thought I was a changed person and was back in my familiar surroundings. I found myself drinking excessively and being horrible to the people I loved. It took a all time low to really think "WHY" am I doing this to myself? to others? Four months later I am still asking why and dealing everyday with demons I struggle with, but my faith is keeping me focused on how I want to truly be....INSIDE! I think a quick fix is easier because you feel like you are doing something good by “changing”, but it really doesn’t conflict with what you REALLY want to do. It is so much easier to make the outside look good, without changing inside.

I struggle with things that I have found a temporary solution for, then has come to haunt me.
I had a big time problem with drinking excessively and my solution was to literal uproot my life “fix” my problem thinking it was the people and things around me causing my partying.

Of course, I continued to have my problem at a distance, but found a way to conceal it for the time being.

Two years later I thought I was a changed person and was back in my familiar surroundings. I found myself drinking excessively and being horrible to the people I loved. It took a all time low to really think “WHY” am I doing this to myself? to others?

Four months later I am still asking why and dealing everyday with demons I struggle with, but my faith is keeping me focused on how I want to truly be….INSIDE!

]]> By: JACKIE http://myoneword.org/arranging-your-life/shortcuts-only-produce-plastic-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-304 JACKIE Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:53:00 +0000 http://myoneword.org/?p=200#comment-304 MY ANSWER TO WHY I HAVE CHOSEN QUICK FIXES IS BECAUSE OF IMPATIENCE. I KNOW THAT I WANT TO IMPROVE ON MANY THINGS. BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WANT TO CHANGE TO BE A BETTER PERSON NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR THOSE AROUND ME AND MOST OF ALL FOR GOD. SO RATHER THAN TAKE A LONG TIME TO ALLOW TRANSFORMATION I TRY TO DO IT QUICKLY. I NOTICE THAT THE SMALL IMPROVEMENTS DON'T REALLY STICK AND I END UP REVERTING BACK TO THE OLD SELF. THIS IS THE REASON I PICKED WALK FOR MY WORD. SO THAT THE CHANGES WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONS AND NOT CONFORMATION. MY ANSWER TO WHY I HAVE CHOSEN QUICK FIXES IS BECAUSE OF IMPATIENCE. I KNOW THAT I WANT TO IMPROVE ON MANY THINGS. BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WANT TO CHANGE TO BE A BETTER PERSON NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR THOSE AROUND ME AND MOST OF ALL FOR GOD. SO RATHER THAN TAKE A LONG TIME TO ALLOW TRANSFORMATION I TRY TO DO IT QUICKLY. I NOTICE THAT THE SMALL IMPROVEMENTS DON’T REALLY STICK AND I END UP REVERTING BACK TO THE OLD SELF. THIS IS THE REASON I PICKED WALK FOR MY WORD. SO THAT THE CHANGES WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONS AND NOT CONFORMATION.

]]> By: Teresa http://myoneword.org/arranging-your-life/shortcuts-only-produce-plastic-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Teresa Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:06:19 +0000 http://myoneword.org/?p=200#comment-301 Lazy is the first word that comes to mind. Also loneliness. I along with many others I know fill those gaps in our lives with over eating. why I do it is only because I am weak with out God's word planted in my heart. Fasting has been a heavy burden on my heart lately. I start the night before and swear that tomorrow I will start. By eight in the morning," my morning starts at 4:30 am" , I am starving and give up without a fight. My frustration only compounds itself. Lazy is the first word that comes to mind. Also loneliness. I along with many others I know fill those gaps in our lives with over eating. why I do it is only because I am weak with out God’s word planted in my heart. Fasting has been a heavy burden on my heart lately. I start the night before and swear that tomorrow I will start. By eight in the morning,” my morning starts at 4:30 am” , I am starving and give up without a fight. My frustration only compounds itself.

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