DON'T WORRY! I'm going to get preachy now, sorry kids it's what I do. I love you.
Light and dark, good and bad, truth and error, righteous and rebellious. Go ahead choose. It is given to you. The choice looks simple, doesn't it? Well, it is not so simple. Life doesn't come in black and white for most of us. We learn good and bad as we experience things. Through our pain we understand joy. Here's the catch--some things can destroy us and take that choice from us. Life is a lot like walking through a minefield of experiences. How do we know which way to step?
We don't really need to experience the weight of a car on our heads. It's common sense that anything heavy dropped on our head hurts--we don't need to experience a car dropping on us to know that it could kill us or to see how many hits we get on youtube. Sadly, I know strong individuals who play this game with their own eternal souls.
With all the available experiences life has to offer they like to pick and choose and test each thing. They try all drugs to see what will happen or investigate anti literature to see if it might have something good in it, they look at porn and rationalize that it doesn't hurt anyone, etc. The list is endless. Choices are good and I will defend to my last breath the right people have to choose, but
DON'T BE STUPID! If it doesn't look good on the surface don't dig into it to make sure.
I'm sure you are not stupid, but some of the most rational people on earth that I have have met were taken in as an entire society by one evil Man in NAZI Germany. There are traps set for smart people too. There is a forlorn being that wants ALL to loose their way in the mists of his deception. He wants your destruction. He covers his evil hook in anything good he can just to get you to bite.
DON'T BITE! If you are deceived you pay the price.
The best friend you have is God. He gives you insight into whether a choice is good--right inside you. That feeling is a very precious gift. Without it, no amount of reason will protect you.
Don't loose it.
Oh yes, your ability to feel it can be lost or even destroyed. God gave us commandments to help us protect it. Read them, follow them and you will keep that line of communication with God open.
If you forget and stop choosing the right the result is the same as if you willfully rebel. You will loose that gift over time and you are then left to your own, rather lame, ability to choose good from your own experiences. You will have to touch the fire to know it will burn. You will be surrounded by doubt, fear, anger, increasing depression, and finally hopelessness as the darkness covers your ability to see and feel what is right. You may come to the place where you doubt everything you once knew instinctively as a child or even that God exists. Gloomy isn't it. I KNOW because I've have been there more than once.
Though our sins will shroud us in darkness we are not without hope. Yes, we are all stupid from time to time, but, "Thank you Jesus!" there is a way back into the light where things are clear.
DON'T WAIT! Repent now.
A 12 step will bring even the most impaired back into the light, but it's too many for me to remember.
Here's my list:
STOP everything wrong in your life. (If you don't know ask an old person who loves you.),
TURN AROUND look to Christ who is the only power to save. (Daily, study, ponder & pray.)
GO BACK correct your wrongs and obey all the commandments. (Clean up and choose the right.),
STAY follow His example of love and service every day. (Get active in church and help others.)
Will you suddenly become all knowing and have all the answers to life. NO! This is a process, one that requires patience and persistence. This is the application phase and it will come to you as you go to it (line upon line, here a little and there a little).
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED! you will feel better and blessings will follow as you keep doing it. Repent every day, every hour if you have to.
My brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, I invite you to stand with the Lord, the Light and Life. He will lead you to all good things. Hang on especially if you are think your doing well or you know better (this is usually a sign that you're about to step off the cliff). Look to Christ who is the rock. He is the sure foundation. He will see you safely through the storm. There is no other.
DON'T LET GO! No matter what.
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