Tuesday; March 30

I struggle with the way our society behaves – I will be the first to admit it. I get upset when people are mean and nasty to each other on social media. I get down when organizations fuss over what seem to be simple ethical issues. I get distraught when people who seem to have lost their moral compass lash out against those who try to promote what is good and decent. I mean society should know better, shouldn’t they? The other day, I caught myself getting frustrated about what was going on around me, then I realized that the people I was getting irritated with made little pretense to be Christian, much less spiritual. Their arguments were based on human logic and they made it a point to emphasize the basis for their rationale. It dawned on me that I was getting upset that people didn’t share my values when they had made it clear they didn’t share or care about my principles. They had already explained that they weren’t going to look at things through my lenses, yet I was getting irritated when they didn’t. That seems silly, doesn’t it? While it might defy logic, how many times do we do it? The world has made it clear that they are not going to base their decisions on a biblical foundation, why should we be dismayed when they stick to their humanistic standards?

Folks, I think it is natural to feel sorrow when we see sin in the world, but let’s not be surprised when carnal people pursue carnal ways. Let’s to our best to live moral lives and try to teach them better ways, but let’s not keep being disappointed because we expect better of them than they expect of themselves. If we want to really make a difference, let’s not become angry, let’s become evangelistic!

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