Everything is NOT love. I am mourning a loss, a death of the parts of the world I want to be pure, good and moral.
willful sin
I never talked much about sex and God with my kids, other than the basics. God wants us to be pure for marriage. He created us to be with one person and remain monogamous. My kids were old enough to lay judgement on the fact I was doing the exact opposite of what I was preaching. They probably felt like I was a hypocrite, that the “rules” applied only to others not to myself. I had not talked to them about God’s love, His acceptance and the definition of willful sin I was struggling with.
I understand why the world could resent me for my beliefs. It appears as if I am unwilling to share in others “joy” and partake in their celebrations of “love”.
new natural
We all fall short in some way or another to God’s best for our lives, but let’s put my biblical views aside. Taking a step back and seeing what is going on in our society, I see confusion. Whether I think I have a handle on the “anything goes” ideology, I am constantly urged in my gut to say STOP! Kids are getting so confused. I hear more and more about children cutting, running away, doing drugs, alcohol and this is just the tip of the iceberg to their symptoms.
Children are our future, the very essence of our legacy. Infiltrating them with ideas to create a ‘new natural’ will be very dangerous to our existence of humanity. Our children do not know if they are gay, or bi, if they are a girl or a boy or if are they agree with marriage, or live common-law? Our children are struggling with roles, responsibilities and are confused about what they are interested in. The world has been overstimulating our kids, and parents are caught up in the hype. We often take the path of least resistance and the choice that makes us “feel good”.
stop making excuses
An array of sins have been rationalized by the world at times for different reasons. We give understanding towards someone who kills a robber whom has stolen from their property and acceptance towards someone who steals because they are poor. There are excuses towards the greedy because they grew up in poverty. In addition we feel compassion towards the woman finding love in another man’s comfort, because she deserves happiness. Do you see what I am trying to say? We are excusing our bad behaviour.
stop normalizing
Do not normalize my sins even though society may beg you to. I know my friends and family just want me to feel better about myself, they want to help me identify with others in my same mindset or situation. Our children are watching us. They are becoming more apathetic towards life and their futures because we keep changing the ‘rules’. We don’t like something, wait a week and something new will pop up to replace it. We are normalizing everything, to the point that nothing really matters.
soul pain
Possibly one of the hardest things to do in anyone’s life is to turn from temptations, on the other hand continuing in sin does not heal the soul pain. The world told me I was deserving of happiness. I listened to the worlds description of what my life should feel like. I took the bait and let me tell you it was a rough route, with many little eyes watching as people encouraged my pursuit of happiness. This path didn’t heal the pain, it inflicted more and led to more confusion about the sanctity of marriage to my kids and others.
not the truth
Retrospectively, my story has a pretty spectacular visual ending, thus inspiring and encouraging to others and especially my kids. Anyone can go against God’s best for them and everything will turn out in their favour. This could not be further from the truth.
it’s not always a win in the end
I know that winning the world by changing our sexual desires into something that resembles ‘love’ gives us justification. The Lord will have the last say, thus we need to be careful who and what we identify with. God identifies with those who Love Him and take care of His people. Those who love Him, fight against the flesh (as painful as this may be), not run towards it shouting they have won the battle. God wins the battle. Be sure you know which battle you want to win.
1 Corinthians 6:18 So run away from sexual sin.
