Think About It...

You know all those things that you grew up learning to hate as a child? Like:

Drinking, sex before marriage, cheating, lying, stealing, pornography, etc. You built up such a disgust for all these and more. It was easy to like and dislike something when we were younger. Sinning is bad, telling the truth is better. Fish sucks, and pizza rocks. Simple. Easy.

Now? There is no more black and white. It seems that everything is mixed with gray lines. The world has made everything look so good, fun, and acceptable. You can have a drink on special occasions. Having sex before marriage gives you a better sense of the person OR how crappy would it be if you could only sleep with one person for the rest of your life. Getting the answers just for that one question on that one test isn't as bad as cheating on the whole test. What your parents don't know won't hurt 'em. It was just a pair of earrings, they won't be missed. I was just curious. What the world doesn't attach to the end of these new ways is the rest of the story. The emotional story of how you'll be effected.

Does the world tell us how to feel when our friends have accepted these truths? Better yet, how to cope with the guilt and consequences of when you accept them? I understand that things have changed since the Bible days but are we trying to better our lives in this time to be examples like Paul and James? Or are we conforming to whatever we think is acceptable enough? Just a little bit of this and a little bit of that won't harm you. Have we gotten comfortable with the world, only keeping up a good enough relationship with God so that we don't completely forget ourselves??

I've only writing this because I've been guilty of these myself, but thanks to the grace of God that he hasn't completely turned his face against me...

We are supposed to be a part of this world but not of it... we keep falling into the in between part... the blending. I keep falling...

God help us.