Friday, April 13, 2012

What Happened to the Good?


Let's face it, we live in a world where it's not good to be good. We live in a culture where...
-- it's cool to get wasted, and lame to not drink.
-- where the less cloths you wear, the more attention you get 
-- where image is everything, and school comes after beauty
-- where choosing not to party means you're not fun
-- where sex isn't for love, it's for lust
Our culture glorifies negative and destructive decisions.
You can see it in
- reality TV,"adult" cartoons, dolls that are dressed in inappropriate cloths, and music videos/lyrics that are basically porn
I had to say to myself, "Hold the phone! What's going on here?" 

Matthew 7:13-14 says, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

There are 2 paths; one is wide and one narrow. Now this is the part where you think I'm going to say, "Pick the good side, it's easy!" However, at G4G, we speak the truth and say it like it is: it is NOT easy to make good choices in the world we live in today. BUT, you will never regret making good choices. I think that we sometimes we see others drinking or partying too hard, or doing pot, or hooking up with guys, and we think to ourselves, "I'm missing out. I want to fit in. I'm at this point in my life where I should be doing that." But I'm going to be honest with you, making negative choices will leave you empty. Going out, getting drunk, and then making out with a stranger at a club is not going to fill you. It might for a day or so, but it will never satisfy your want to be loved, or your desire fit in with good friends who love you for you. 

I also think that if you are making good choices, you don't want to admit that you feel like you're missing out, or you WANT to make negative choices. Here at G4G, we want you to be open. We want you to have a place to connect with others about making good choices. We want to encourage you to keep walking down the narrow path, and 
we want to show you that you are not alone.

If you are out there and you know you're making decision that are hurting you, we want to help. I'm not perfect, and I have made negative choices in my life. I want you to know that it's okay to feel lost, and unsure about who you want to be. At G4G we do NOT judge or condemn. It's not our place to judge you, we accept you exactly as you are.
We want to show you that you are not alone.





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