How Long Will You Waver?">How Long Will You Waver?
The other day I was thinking about a short line of prose I wrote when I was about 16 years old - it went like this - “We all need other, like the ocean needs the sand” and I was reminded of how profound each one of our lives is especially in light of our relationships to one another.
As I thought about the depths of the ocean and the boundaries the sand creates for the water, I was reminded of the depth of the love of God for each one of us, and how His boundaries for our lives are perfect. When God tells his created beings - you and me - to do something and we actually do it - we truly benefit. When we disregard His holy instruction, we often get hurt and destroy ourselves and sometimes the things and people around us.
This is why I will forever speak out against certain spiritual and moral issues that I see going wrong in our culture. Issues like divorce, adultery, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, pedophilia, alcoholism, battery, child abuse, sexual abuse, incest, polygamy, drug abuse, suicide, abortion, poverty, world hunger and spiritual hypocrisy are among these issues. And it breaks my heart that so few people within the walls of the Christian church seem to really deal with these issues. For some reason most pastors don’t deal with these issues either. But we must begin and we must begin now - because we all need each other like the ocean needs the sand.
I will never forget the day I met Christopher and Cedric at a Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network conference in Los Angeles California that I attended for a pro-family group. It was about 4 years now, and to this day I am cognizant of our talk that we had at that event. My husband and I heard their stories and how they were seduced into the homosexual lifestyle by men they had met either online or through another venue. These older gay men knew exactly what they were after, and they unfortunately succeeded in quest. To be blunt - these older gay activists were interested in one thing and one thing only - sex. In fact, all Christopher could talk about was his sexual experience as the “bottom guy” in the relationship.
However, the sad part is that Christopher was only a young teen when he was seduced and raped by this older 25 year old he had met online. And he told my husband and I that he wished he knew some older adults in his church that could be his friend.
Since Christopher came from a single mother home, his father being absent since he was about two - he didn’t have much male support or role models…even though he reported attending church.
We all need each other, like the ocean needs the sand.
Needless to say, I wept the whole way home for our hour drive and I have never forgotten that life changing experience.
What would you do if you found out that a child at your church or in your school, had just been seduced and raped by an adult? If it was a young girl being molested by an older man or a young boy being molested by an older woman, or if it was like Christopher, a younger boy being raped by an older man - what would you do?
Would you tell someone? Would you listen and then not act? Would you feel outraged and then just forget about it? What would you do?
I think the truth is that most people are so wrapped up in themselves that they wouldn’t do anything about it. In fact, I think most people in the church these days really don’t want to get their hands dirty or have to deal with things that are so “uncomfortable” - but the problem is that children and families are being destroyed because so many lack empathy and compassion for the victims of these crimes.
Our society has been duped by the radical homosexual agenda because they have cleverly made themselves the victims and made the real victims “heroes” instead. “Heroes” on the altar of “tolerance” and “diversity” and “civil rights” and “bigotry”. And yet sadly, these precious girls and boys, young teens and in many cases - young adults into their twenties, are deceived into thinking that these hellish agendas are the truth.
The truth is that our society has lied to our kids. Our sin sick over sexualized society has sold this latest generation that sex is all it is about and that there are no absolutes when it comes to anything you want to be or do with your body. That’s just a lie - plain and simple.
The truth is that there are absolutes and there is still right and wrong. But the right and wrong that we are being sold through the media is the idea that if one even dares to think differently than the message that the world is shoving down our throats on a daily basis - then that is the ONLY thing that is wrong. YOU are wrong, because you dare to stand up to the lie. In other words, to make this very simple - if you refuse to be brainwashed with the world’s propaganda about issues like homosexuality and abortion, then you are just plain wrong. Not only that, but you are also a threat…because as long as you’re in the way - that agenda will have to fight to be promoted and heard.
Sadly, however, many in the church are blinded by the seduction of this world system and have been made ineffective for the kingdom of God because they have been deceived themselves. And those of us who haven’t caved to the lie, are continually marginalized and called names like “bigot”, “homophobe”, “intolerant”, “we spew verbal diarrhea” and are “theocrats” or “zionists”.
The question I have for you is this - which side will you stand on? The Old Testament prophet Elijah said it this way, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word.” (1Kings 18:21)
If you are in the church it is time to no longer be silent and time to become an active Christian and believe what God has said.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow! In case you haven’t heard, ten days ago, there was a stay put on the case that wants to remove the cross from Mt. Soledad.
Psalm 122:6 says, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”
