Last night Thrive was a little different. We had some friends from Henry County Life Management Solutions come and do a community awareness night with us. They shared facts and concerns about what is going on with students in Henry County. Some statistics that we have heard before, like 1 in 4 students have an STD, but then they shared new ones that keep haunting me and kept me up last night.
I have heard it said that what one generation tolerates the next generation embraces. That is true, but I want to take it one step further. What one generation is silent about the next generation deals with as a pandemic. We have bigger issues in our nation other than the Swine Flu. The thing that I can not figure out is are we okay with what is going on or are we sticking our head in the sand hoping it will go away. Here are some thoughts I had after last night:
- When the church is silent, the world writes the rules. The church has been so afraid to talk about sex for so long, the rules of right and wrong have been written by people with no morals and low standards.
- Why are we allowing the government to be our moral compass? That mandate was never given to them. That is the call of the church. We choose to hide behind the walls of our faulty steeples and wonder why things have turned out like they have.
- We, as a church, have a tendency to judge before we love. We will condemn too often before we offer solutions. By the way, judgment is not the solution.
- We keep looking for the answer instead of looking in the mirror. Guess what! We are the answer. We carry a love that changes everything, but yet we choose to be selfish with it!
- I am convinced that the sexual pandemic of this generation will not change until we choose to change it!
This generation is my passion and my heart. This generation will lead one day and we are allowing the media and the government to shape them instead of the church. THEY DO NOT NEED MORE FRIENDS, THEY DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PLACE TO HAVE FUN! They have that and where is it getting them? They need the unconditional love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit to change their lives. Then they need someone to walk with them and guide them. They need people full of grace and mercy to show them how to live. They need people that will not freak out at their problems and do not have all the answers but will help them find the answers. They do not need someone to control them but believe in them and empower them to do what they are called to do.
Will we embrace a pandemic or do something about it? The change that everyone is waiting on is inside you, it is you! What will you do about it? To whom much is given much is required.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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These are some good thoughts my friend. Those bullet points would preach any day, or make a great book. Haha. Love and miss ya homie.