Tatoos

I have this fascination with tattoos, I think they are awesome. There is nothing like seeing a person with a full sleeve of intertwining pieces of artwork. If I had the guts to do it I would, but I rationalize and evaluate to much. I already have one tattoo and I am wanting to get another one.

Even though I know what I want my tattoo to look like I am still determining if I am really going to do it or not and where it is going to go. So I have laid out a short list of pros and cons

so first the pros

• I enjoy the artwork
• I just want too
• I enjoy people asking why I would get one and why I picked what I did

Ok so wow there aren't so many pros now that I have to actually lay them out... Well there are a more cons

Cons

• I am not sure if I can handle the look on my Grandmother's face
• it is extremely permanent
• what if I didn't want it anymore (though that is unlikely)
• they cost a lot
• is it really necessary for me to live

Even with the amount of cons out weighing the pros I still want one. I love how my reasoning is so terrible sometimes.

So just in case you didn't know what the tattoo represents let me explain. It is a tree which is the obvious but in the roots is God while through the trunk is Jesus, and the tips of the branches say Ekklesia, which is Greek for "the Church". This idea stems from John 15:5 which says "I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." and also Matthew 7:24-27 which is a parable on the foundation of a house. Where God is my foundation or roots and it is through Christ the vine or trunk (in the case of the drawing) that reaches out to make smaller branches, which are the disciples of Christ or "the Church".